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A bronze figure 'Flying Mercury'

Giovanni Bologna Douai/Flandern 1529 - Florenz 1608, after


A bronze figure 'Flying Mercury'

Lot-No. 785

Proceeds : 1.200 €


Bronze with golden patina, overall h. 56 cm, foundary stamp 'F.P. Sanson Succ. Hamburg Neuer Wall', plinth little dam. - Mercury is one of the major works of Giovanni Bologna, called Giambologna, Master of the Italian Late Mannerism. In 1580 he was original designed for a fountain of Palazzo Medici in Florence Florentine and is now in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello.

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Giovanni Bologna: A bronze figure 'Flying Mercury'


Giovanni Bologna Douai/Flandern 1529 - Florenz 1608, after

A bronze figure 'Flying Mercury'

Lot-No. 785

Proceeds : 1.200 €

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Bronze with golden patina, overall h. 56 cm, foundary stamp 'F.P. Sanson Succ. Hamburg Neuer Wall', plinth little dam. - Mercury is one of the major works of Giovanni Bologna, called Giambologna, Master of the Italian Late Mannerism. In 1580 he was original designed for a fountain of Palazzo Medici in Florence Florentine and is now in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello.

A bronze figure 'Flying Mercury'
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