ART ROMAIN, IER - IIEME SIECLE APRES J.C.

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TORSE DE MERCURE EN MARBRE
ART ROMAIN, IER - IIEME SIECLE APRES J.C.
Représenté debout en contrapposto simplement vêtu d'une chlamyde retenue par une broche à l'épaule droite, les plis tombant en U sur la poitrine et rassemblés sur l'épaule gauche, le poids du corps reposant sur la jambe droite, la jambe gauche légèrement avancée, les deux bras baissés, le droit ramené en arrière
Hauteur : 83.8 cm. (33 in.)

Provenance

Galerie Simone de Monbrison, Paris, vers 1975.

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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF MERCURY
CIRCA 1ST - 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Standing in contrapposto with his weight on his right leg, the left slightly advanced, with both arms lowered, the right pulled back, depicted nude but for a chlamys pinned at his right shoulder, falling in U-shaped folds in the front and gathered in back at the left shoulder

This version of Mercury is a Roman interpretation of a work by Polykleitos. It is likely that he once carried a small child, perhaps the infant Dionysus, in his right hand. For the type compare the marble figure in the Boboli Gardens, Florence, no. 396 in Siebert "Hermes," in LIMC, vol. V.

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Lot Essay

Cette représentation de Mercure est inspirée d'une sculpture de Polyclète. Il est probable qu'il ait jadis porté un enfant de la main droite, sans doute Dionysos. Une oeuvre similaire conservée dans les jardins de Boboli à Florence, voir Siebert, "Hermes" in ILIMC, vol. V.

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