拍品專文
In his extensive work on Wedgwood, Robin Reilly illustrates a black basalt version of this model which appears to have been provided for the Wedgwood factory by John Flaxman in 1777 (Reilly, loc. cit.).
CAST FROM A MODEL BY JOHN FLAXMAN (1755-1826), LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
細節
A BRONZE FIGURE OF MERCURY
CAST FROM A MODEL BY JOHN FLAXMAN (1755-1826), LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
On an integral plinth and a bronze-mounted cylindrical marble pedestal.
Dark brown patina with medium brown areas.
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high
21¾in. (55.2 cm.) high, overall
CAST FROM A MODEL BY JOHN FLAXMAN (1755-1826), LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
On an integral plinth and a bronze-mounted cylindrical marble pedestal.
Dark brown patina with medium brown areas.
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high
21¾in. (55.2 cm.) high, overall
出版
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
R. Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, vol. II, fig. 762, Appendix L.25.
R. Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, vol. II, fig. 762, Appendix L.25.