Mercury

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

probably 19th century, after a model of ca. 1741 · Cast terracotta, painted · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The piece is a cast copy after Pigalle's original model for his celebrated marble Mercury, completed in 1744, in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

Date

probably 19th century, after a model of ca. 1741

Medium

Cast terracotta, painted

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913