Bronze sculpture ''Hermès assis'' or ''Mercure au repos'' (Grand Tour)

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Bronze sculpture ''Hermès assis'' or ''Mercure au repos'' (Grand Tour)

Name: Bronze sculpture ''Hermès assis'' or ''Mercure au repos'' (Grand Tour)
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: I017B82FTK
Price: 4800 EUR
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By Gallery des Victoires

4.800 €

Period 19th century

Style Rome and ancient Greece

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Italian school of the 19th century.
Bronze sculpture with brown patina.
Representing young Hermes at rest, seated on a rock in a pensive attitude.
Souvenir of the Grand Tour.
Naples, circa 1880.
Dimensions : Height H 53 cm x W 50 x D 30 cm

*Remake of the extraordinary statue discovered during excavations at the Villa dei Papyrus in Herculaneum in 1758 and now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. It represents the God of travelers and merchants, Hermes, resting.
Experts agree that it is a 1st-century AD Roman copy of a 3rd-century BC Greek bronze.

* Mercury is the Roman God corresponding to the Greek Hermes. Protector of merchants, travelers and thieves, he is also the messenger of his father Jupiter.

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Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Style	Rome and ancient Greece (Bronze sculptures of Rome and ancient Greece Style)
Period	19th century (Bronze sculptures 19th century)
Country of origin	Italy
Artist	Lysippe (d’apres)
Height (cm)	53