On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Mercury,
1st century CE
Roman
Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
y1956-96
Information
Title
Mercury
Dates
1st century CE
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
15.5 x 8.6 x 5.8 cm (6 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Professor Albert Mathias Friend, Jr., Class of 1915
Object Number
y1956-96
Place Made
Roman Empire
Culture
Period
Materials
Subject
Greau; Hoffmann; Oppenheimer, Hearst Corp.; by bequest from Professor Albert Mathias Friend, Jr, to the Museum in 1956
Statuette of Mercury
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Collection J. Greau: Catalogue des bronzes antiques et des objets d'art du moyen-age et de la renaissance dont la vente aura lieu à l'Hôtel Drouot ... du ... 1er au ... 9 juin 1885 ..., (Paris: Hôtel Drouot?, 1885).
, cat. no. 1011 -
Collection H. Hoffmann: antiquités: objets égyptiens, vases peints, terres cuites, verrerie, bronzes, bijoux, sculptures en marbre... [Vente : 15 mai 1899.], (Paris: Rollin et Fenardent, 1899).
, p. 131; cat. no. 552 -
Eugenie Strong, Exhibition of ancient Greek art, (London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1904).
, cat. no. B43, plate LV, 1 - Francis Follin Jones, "Eight bronze figurines", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 15, no. 2 (1956): p. 32-38., fig. 2, 4, p. 33 (illus.)
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 16, no. 1 (1957): p. 12-14., p. 13
- Emeline Hill Richardson and Gilbert Kenneth Sams, Small sculptures in bronze from the classical world, (Chapel Hill, NC: William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, 1976)., cat. no. 55 (Illus.)
