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Italian school from the beginning of the 19th Century.
Bronze sculpture with brown patina.
Representing the young Hermes at rest, seated on a rock in a pensive attitude.
Souvenir of the Grand Tour.
Dimensions: Height 30 cm x Length 25cm
*Recovery of the extraordinary statue discovered during the excavations of the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum in 1758 and today preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. It represents the God of travelers and traders Hermes resting.
Specialists agree that it is a Roman copy from the 1st century AD based on a Greek bronze from the 3rd century BC. J-C.
* Mercury is the Roman God corresponding to the Greek Hermes. Protector of traders, travelers and thieves, he is also the messenger of his father Jupiter
Ref: CY1V2SSD11