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301 - 19th-century Neapolitan school, after an ancient model
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Estimate €400 - €500
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Description
19th-century Neapolitan school, after an ancient model Seated Mercury Bronze with a brown patina Height: 44 cm. Signs of wear; plinth missing. Related work: 1st-century AD Roman copy based on a Greek original attributed to Lysippos, Seated Mercury, bronze, dim. 115 x 75 cm, discovered at the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum in 1758, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Inv. 5625. Bibliography: Francis Haskell, N. Penny, *Pour l’amour de l’Antique: Greco-Roman statuary and European taste*, Hachette, 1988, cat. no. 137, pp. 289–291.
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About the sale Classic and Contemporary Interiors II
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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