Late C19th Italian Miniature Bronze 'Grand Tour' Souvenir , After the Antique, "Mercury Resting".

Late C19th Italian miniature bronze 'Grand Tour' souvenir , after the antique, "Mercury Resting".

Mounted upon a bevel-edged fossil marble base ,a miniature study of Mercury or Hermes , messenger of the Gods, resting upon a rocky outcrop. Depicted naked ,feet shod with his winged sandals or 'talaria' , ready for flight ,and a scrolled missive clutched in his left hand .

The Roman version ,after the Hellenistic original , was discovered at the Villa Dei Papyri , Herculaneum in 1758 and now exhibited at the Museo Nazionale Archeologico in Naples, Italy. Widely admired by the 'Grand Tourists' of the 18th and 19th centuries , it is one of the most celebrated sculptures of antiquity.

A well-cast miniature desk-top study or paper-weight.

Base 5" X 4"

Figure 4" high

Italy c.1890

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