El encuentro entre Mercurio y Argos o los males provocados por la lisonja.
ISSN: 0213-2214
Year of publication: 2006
Issue: 26
Pages: 63-77
Type: Article
More publications in: Norba: Revista de arte
Abstract
The encounter that took place between Mercury and Argos is one of the images employed in emblems to allude to flattery and to the evils that the sweet sounds of adulation and false praise could cause. In the next pages we will study the relevance that this topic acquired in the Early Modern period and how this particular image was transmitted, and we will do this through an analysis of emblems proceeding from various authors from different backgrounds: Barthélemy Aneau, from France; Joannes Sambucus, from Hungary; and Juan de Horozco y Covarrubias from Spain.