Bronze sculpture with golden patina representing Mercury, god of trade, thieves and messenger of the gods, sitting on a rock tying his winged heel. He is wearing the petasus, a winged hat, and his caduceus is on the ground. This sculpture, based on a model by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, shows a young, naked god between rest and momentum. In a double swivel position, he prepares to leave. The bronze is signed on the terrace "Pigalle, 1746".
Jean-Baptiste PIGALLE (1714-1785) was a French sculptor who learned sculpture from Robert Le Lorrain and Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. After a trip to Italy, where he drew inspiration from Antiquity, he created this model as a reception piece for the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in July 1744. The marble original is now in the Musée du Louvre. Considered a master sculptor of his time, he was under the protection of Madame de Pompadour from 1750 onwards.
Base diameter: 31 cm
Circa: 1850, XIX° period
Dim: W: 30, D: 36, H: 60.
Dim: W: 11,8, D: 14,2, H: 23,6.
Condition report: In good condition.
- Reference :
- 3206
- Width :
- 30 (cm)
- Height :
- 60 (cm)
- Depth :
- 36 (cm)
- Identifier Exists:
- False
