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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Mercury
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

Mercury

Artist Giambologna (Flemish, active Italy, 1529 - 1608)
Artist Workshop of Hubert Gerhard (Dutch (active Germay), ca. 1540 - ca. 1621)
CultureItalian | German
Date1550-1599
MediumGilded bronze cast
DimensionsOverall: 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Mowbray Arch Society, 2007
Object number2007.18
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204
DescriptionThis gilt bronze statuette is of the ancient Roman messenger of the gods, Mercury. His gold body looks like it is in motion as he reaches up with one hand and kicks his leg out behind him. He has wings on this heels and is on a black stand.

Label TextWorkshop of Hubert Gerhard Dutch, ca. 1540–ca. 1621 after Giambologna Flemish, 1529–1608 Mercury, ca. 1590 Gilded bronze Gift of the Mowbray Arch Society 2007.18 ProvenancePrivate New York Collection; Blumka Gallery, New York, New York, 2007; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of the Mowbray Arch Society, 2007 Exhibition History"Serial Thrillers: The Lure of Old Master Print Series," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 1, 2015 - January 10, 2016.
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Antoine Coysevox
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after 1702
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Saint John the Baptist
17th century
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
Larkin Goldsmith Mead
The Battle Story (The Returned Soldier)
modeled ca. 1863-65, carved 1865-66
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Frederick William MacMonnies
Pax Victrix
modeled ca. 1906-07, cast by 1918
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with digital camera-2008.
The Franklin Mint
The Franklin Mint History Of The United States, 1776-1973
No Date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Giovanni Battista Langetti
Prometheus
1650-1676
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Lintel with the Name of the God's Wife Amenardis
740-656 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Sarcophagus of Psamtik-Seneb
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2018.
Marx Reichlich
Last Judgment
ca. 1490
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