A BRONZE FIGURE OF MERCURY
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF MERCURY

AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, ITALIAN, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF MERCURY
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, ITALIAN, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
Mercury's staff lacking, on a separately cast circular plinth base with inventory and exhibition labels to the underside Kunstmuseum Luzern 1948 Meisterwerke aus den sammlungen des Fürsten Liechtenstein Katalog Nr. 239 and an oval label numbered 605
59 cm. high; 64 cm. high overall
Provenance
Vienna, before 1944.
Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1944.
Literature
Ch. Seymour, The Mercury in the Rotonda of the National Gallery of Art, in: Report and Studies in the History of Art, 1968, p. 1. H.R. Weihrauch, Europdische Bronzestatuetten 15.-18. Jahrhundert, Braunschweig, 1967, p. 203. G. Wilhelm, Meisterwerke aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein, Luzern, 1948, p. 55, no. 239.
Exhibited
Luzern, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Meisterwerke aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein, 1948, no. 239.
Special notice
“!” Lots imported from outside the EU. The Buyer’s Premium is 37.05% incl. VAT over the first €5,000, plus 31.1% incl. VAT of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 21.58% incl. VAT of any amount in excess of €400,001.

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