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19thC BRONZE SCULPTURE OF MERCURY H.490mm...
Realised: $500 plus premium
Current Bid $500 (26 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
19thC BRONZE SCULPTURE OF MERCURY upon a mask & breath base on marble H.490mm hands absent of missing objects after Giambologna (1529-1608). Created after one of Giambologna’s most celebrated sculptures in the Renaissance Mercury was designed as part of a fountain for the Villa Medici in Rome. The head on which Mercury steps symbolizes the figure being “exhaled purified unburdened.”
