Live Auction 5706The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A FRENCH BRONZE GARDEN TORCHERE FIGURE OF MERCURY
Lot 240 THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A FRENCH BRONZE GARDEN TORCHERE FIGURE OF MERCURY

AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed20 September 2012

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GBP 13,750

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A FRENCH BRONZE GARDEN TORCHERE FIGURE OF MERCURY
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On a domed base and an associated green marble fluted cylindrical pedestal with octagonal plinth
78 in. (198 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) high, the pedestal

'The Secret Courtyard, The Seago Collection,' Christie's, London, 9 June 1999, lot 297.

Specialist note

The original model upon which this bronze is based was executed in 1564 by Giambologna (d.1608), court sculptor to the Medici dukes, and is now housed in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence.