"Mercury In Bronze After Jean E Bologna Ht 78 Cm"
Mercury in bronze after John of Bologna, with red brown patina, on black and red marble base. Italy or France, period second part of nineteenth Total height 78 cm, bronze 54 cm Mercury is represented here as a messenger of the Gods, he will carry in the universe the orders of Jupiter. His representation in balance, whose left foot is placed on the breath of a head symbolizing the wind, Zephir, and its lightness are characteristic of the work of Jean de Bologna. The model will be a great success throughout the centuries to come and will be many times taken again to different sizes. The most famous example is the one preserved in the Bargello Museum in Florence. 
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