AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE SEATED MERCURY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
AFTER THE ANTIQUE- A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE SEATED MERCURY
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicted seated on a rocky base, mounted on later oval base
23cm high overall, base 19.5cm wide
After the original, found at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum in 1758, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. The 1910 Fonderia Chiurazzi catalogue calls this bronze, 'Mercure au repos' and goes on to describe it as "Sculpture des plus beaux temps de l'art grecque."
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AFTER THE ANTIQUE- A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE SEATED MERCURY
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicted seated on a rocky base, mounted on later oval base
23cm high overall, base 19.5cm wide
After the original, found at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum in 1758, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. The 1910 Fonderia Chiurazzi catalogue calls this bronze, 'Mercure au repos' and goes on to describe it as "Sculpture des plus beaux temps de l'art grecque."
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