Mercury - Important Bronze Sculpture By Eugène Cornu (1827-1899)

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Object description :

"Mercury - Important Bronze Sculpture By Eugène Cornu (1827-1899)"

Important bronze sculpture with brown patina representing Mercury tying his heels after Jean Baptiste PIGALLE (1714-1785). It is signed EUG. CORNU Paris on the base and rests on a plinth largely molded in cherry red marble. Height of the base 12 cm Total height 68.5 cm Weight of the bronze 24.8 kg, weight of the base 18.4 kg Eugène CORNU (1827-1899) Sculptor, he was both draftsman, creator and manufacturer, director of the Company Marbles and Onyx from Algeria From 1858, he exhibited at the 1874 Salon a statue of bronze and marble, representing Minerva.

Price: 3 800 €

Artist: Eugène Cornu (1827-1899)
Period: 19th century
Style: Rome and Antic Greece
Condition: Excellent condition

Material: Bronze
Height: 56,5

Reference: 1143809