Roman Bronze Nude Hermes (Mercury) - MACM Collection - MACM Collection

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Pantheistic nude Hermes standing in a relaxed pose wearing a petasos, a cloak hanging over his left forearm. In his left hand he holds a branch surmounted by busts of three divinities.

h. 13 cm

2nd century AD

Bronze

Provenance

Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Boisgirard Sale, Arts d'Orient, Paris, 16th June 2005, lot 52
Ex private French Collection
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009, BPP11

Publications

Boisgirard & Associés, Arts d'Orient, Paris, 16 and 17 June 2005, p. 21, lot 52
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2006, vol. XVII, p. 32, fig. 45
J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 132, fig. 9

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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