Mercury
second half 16th century
Sculptor

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G10
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 20.4 x 29.4 cm (8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.117
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Count Raimond, Florence. (Lowengard, Paris); purchased 15 May 1908 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Provenance according to Widener files in NGA curatorial records.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8, as Florentine 16th Century.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 154, repro., as Florentine or Venetian 16th Century.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 140.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 230, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63810202