French or Italian school of the second half of... Lot 217

French or Italian school of the second half of the XVIIIth century according to the Ancient Seated Mercury Bronze with brown patina H. 21 cm Wears to the patina Related work: -Roman art 79 BC, Seated Mercury, bronze, H. 105 cm, Naples, national museum. The antique model, probably a Roman copy made before 79 BC of a Greek bronze original from the 4th century BC in the tradition of Lysippus, was discovered at Herculaneum on 3 August 1758.