A bronze figure 'Flying Mercury'
Giovanni Bologna, nach Douai/Flandern 1529 - Florenz 1608, after
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.
Giovanni Bologna, nach: A bronze figure 'Flying Mercury'
Giovanni Bologna, nach 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.
