Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Mercury

Artist Antoine Coysevox (French, 1640-1720)

CultureFrench

Dateafter 1702

MediumBronze

DimensionsOverall: 24 in. (61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2041B

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 207

Label TextAntoine Coysevox French, 1640–1720 Mercury, after 1702 Bronze Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2041b ProvenanceGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Large or Small, Bronze or Wood, Painted or Plain: Problems and Solutions in Sculpture," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 9 - September 13, 1981. Published ReferencesJacques Fischer. _The French Bronze, 1500-1800_. New York: M. Knoedler & Co. 1968: cat. no. 41. Heim Gallery. _Aspects of French Academic Art, 1680-1780_, exhibition catalogue for summer 1977. London: Heim Gallery. 1977: no. 25. David Steadman. _Large or Small, Bronze or Wood, Painted or Plain: Problems and Solutions in Sculpture_. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1981, No. 32, p. 28, ill. b/w. Chrysler Museum. _Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Chrysler Museum_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 1982: p. 49. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1991, No. 42, p. 55, color ill.