Bronze Statue of Flying Mercury After Giambologna

Name: Bronze Statue of Flying Mercury After Giambologna
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1220144
Availability: SoldOut

1920 - 1940

Sold by Rams Head Antiques

Description

This is a beautiful bronze figure of Flying Mercury after the original by Giambologna (1519-1608)

Flying Mercury is a bronze sculpture made by Giambologna in or around 1580 that was much admired for its elegant depiction of the illusion of weightlessness. The master of fluidity and upward motion settled in Florence where he became a favourite sculptor of the Medici’s. He received a Papal commission for the statue of Neptune in Bologna and is lauded for other masterpieces as the Abduction of a Sabine Woman and The Rape of Prosperina sculpted in marble in 1622.

The statue is good original condition and measures 68 cms in height by 28 cms wide with the base being 13 cms in diameter.

UK delivery is £15

Physical Dimensions

Height

68cm (26.77")

Width

28cm (11.02")

Declaration

Rams Head Antiques has dated this piece to the 1930s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1220144

Dealers Notes

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Description

This is a beautiful bronze figure of Flying Mercury after the original by Giambologna (1519-1608)

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Flying Mercury is a bronze sculpture made by Giambologna in or around 1580 that was much admired for its elegant depiction of the illusion of weightlessness.

Rams Head Antiques

The master of fluidity and upward motion settled in Florence where he became a favourite sculptor of the Medici’s. He received a Papal commission for the statue of Neptune in Bologna and is lauded for other masterpieces as the Abduction of a Sabine Woman and The Rape of Prosperina sculpted in marble in 1622.

The statue is good original condition and measures 68 cms in height by 28 cms wide with the base being 13 cms in diameter.

UK delivery is £15