THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE FIGURES OF MERCURY AND FORTUNE, after the models by Giambologna, the Messenger shown wearing his winged helmet, with his right hand gesturing upwards and holding the caduceus in his other hand, his ankles winged and with his right leg stretched out behind him, his left leg supported by a zephyr mask emblematic of Wind, on a circular stepped base inscribed Jean de Bologne, the goddess wearing a diadem and pearls in her hair, holding a cornucopia in her right hand, her other hand held aloft, with drapery billowing behind her, riding on the Wheel of Fortune, on a circular-stepped base, signed Fulconis, both on a bronze and marble pedestal, each with a circular-stepped top, the bronze central body raised with bacchic cherubs, on a circular-stepped base
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A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE FIGURES OF MERCURY AND FORTUNE, after the models by Giambologna, the Messenger shown wearing his winged helmet, with his right hand gesturing upwards and holding the caduceus in his other hand, his ankles winged and with his right leg stretched out behind him, his left leg supported by a zephyr mask emblematic of Wind, on a circular stepped base inscribed Jean de Bologne, the goddess wearing a diadem and pearls in her hair, holding a cornucopia in her right hand, her other hand held aloft, with drapery billowing behind her, riding on the Wheel of Fortune, on a circular-stepped base, signed Fulconis, both on a bronze and marble pedestal, each with a circular-stepped top, the bronze central body raised with bacchic cherubs, on a circular-stepped base
Mercury: 88in. (223.5cm.) high overall
Fortune: 86½in. (220cm.) high overall
the pedestals: 19¾in. (50cm.) diam.; 16½in. (42cm.) high (2)
Mercury: 88in. (223.5cm.) high overall
Fortune: 86½in. (220cm.) high overall
the pedestals: 19¾in. (50cm.) diam.; 16½in. (42cm.) high (2)