Lot Essay
The present work has been variously identified as Antinous, Mercury, and Dionysus, and is after an original Antique which was situated in the Cabinet of Mercury, at the Vatican.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ANTINOUS, shown standing, one hand raised holding a staff, his head crowned with vine, on marble socle (re-gilt), early 19th Century
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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ANTINOUS, shown standing, one hand raised holding a staff, his head crowned with vine, on marble socle (re-gilt), early 19th Century
15¾in. (40cm.) high
15¾in. (40cm.) high