Two sculptures in bronze representing Mercury and Fortune signed Fulconis after Jean de Bologne
Set of two bronze sculptures representing Fortune and Mercury. The general movement of the pair is identical, Fortune has his foot on a wheel and holds in one hand a cornucopia filled with jewelry and coins. Mercury appears propelled into the air by a blowing cupid. The base consists of a cylindrical frieze of putti working the arts, based on a marble base. Signed Fulconis on one of the sculptures and Jean de Bologne on the other. Louis Guillaume Fulconis (1818-1873) is a French sculptor of the nineteenth century. Model after Jean de Bologne (Giambologna), French sculptor born in 1524 and died in Florence in 1608.
Circa :1880
Dim: W: 9,8 in - D: 9,8in - H: 33,1in.
Dim: L:25cm, P:25cm, H:84cm.
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