Figure of Mercury after Giambologna in patinated bronze. Height: 27 cm. Repairs.

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Figure of Mercury after Giambologna in patinated bronze. Height: 27 cm. Repairs.

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Figure of Mercury after Giambologna in patinated bronze. Hei

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Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

After Giambologna, Mercury 2nd half 19th century, unsigned, cast metal, dark brown patina, depiction of Mercury/Hermes with winged helmet and legs, as a nude covered in vine leaves, holding the caduceus (staff) in his hands, standing on the head of Aeolus, god of the wind, on a metal base decorated with acanthus rod and frieze, stronger traces of age, surface with zinc efflorescence, total height 55 cm.

SCULPTOR OF THE XIXTH CENTURY Flying Mercury (from Giambologna) Bronze on marble base, h 117 cm; lacking.

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MERCURY with its caduceus. Bronze with brown patina. H. 25 cm. Worn patina.

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French or Italian sculptor after Giovanni da Bologna gen. Giambologna (1529 Douai - 1608 Florence) "Rape of the Sabine woman". Original title Bronze, dark patina and gilded. Finely and richly detailed 19th century version after Giambologna's famous masterpiece completed in 1582. Giambologna - the Medici court artist in Florence - achieved the most magnificent realization of the legend of the Rape of the Sabine Women as a sculpture with this all-round, complex, spiraling composition of three different nude bodies, perfectly balanced on all sides. This is also considered one of the most perfect embodiments of Mannerist sculpture. His larger-than-life marble sculpture can still be admired today in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence; smaller versions in bronze were also quickly created in Giambologna's workshop. Giambologna's "Rape of the Sabine" inspired many sculptors of the following generations until well into the 19th century, who also created numerous variations such as this bronze with its richly reliefed plinth and rocaille base. Total height 67 cm. Provenance: from the Michahelles Collection, Hamburg, which has grown over generations. French or Italian sculptor after Giambologna (1529 - 1608). Dark patinated and gilt bronze. 19th C. cast.

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