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BRONZE PRINT "MERCURY ATTACHING HIS HEEL PADS" AFTER PIGALLE

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A bronze sculpture with a golden-brown patina depicting Mercury, god of commerce, thieves, and messenger of the gods, seated on a rock fastening his winged sandals. He wears a petasos, a winged hat, and his caduceus rests on the ground. This sculpture, after a model by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, shows a young, nude god poised between repose and dynamism. In a double pivot position, he is preparing to leap. The bronze is signed on the base "Pigalle, 1746".

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785) was a French sculptor who studied sculpture under Robert Le Lorrain and Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. After a trip to Italy, where he drew inspiration from classical antiquity, he created this model as his reception piece for the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in July 1744. The original marble version is currently housed in the Louvre Museum. Considered a master sculptor of his time, he was under the patronage of Madame de Pompadour from 1750 onwards.

Base diameter: 31 cm
19th century, circa 1850
Dimensions: L: 30cm, D: 36cm, H: 60cm.
Dim: W: 11.8in, D: 14.2in, H: 23.6in.
Condition report: In good overall condition.

Reference :
3206
Width :
30 (cm)
Height :
60 (cm)
Depth :
36 (cm)
Identify Exists:
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