Mercury attaching his wings after JB. Pigalle
A sculpture in patinated bronze representing Mercury, on a circular wood base. The god, wearing his winged hat, is represented twisted to his heels with his caduceus at his feet. This bronze is a copy of the terracotta made around 1739 by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, right before his return from Rome. A similar version of this Mercury in marble made him academician in 1744.
Circa :1850
Dim: W: 9,4 in - D: 9,4in - H: 18,1in.
Dim: L:24cm, P:24cm, H:46cm.
Bibliography: L. Réau, J-B Pigalle, Paris, 1950, ed. Pierre Tisné, p 21-23, p 151-152
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