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Giambologna (Giovanni da Bologna), after

(Flandern/Italien, 1529-1608)
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 650 - 3 540 EUR
2 720 - 3 620 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Lisa Gartz
Stockholm
Lisa Gartz
Head Specialist Silver
+46 (0)709 17 99 93
Giambologna (Giovanni da Bologna), after
(Flandern/Italien, 1529-1608)

Mercury

19th/20th Century. Bronze, brown patina. Height 192 cm.

More information

This sculpture represents Mercury, the swift messenger of the ancient Roman gods. In Greek mythology he was known as Hermes.
The artist Giambologna was not the first sculptor to address the subject of a figure in flight, nor was he the first to conceive Mercury as running through the air, but his elegant treatments of the problem became the most well known.
The original from around 1580 is in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence.