'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
Our version, although a copy, was created in the 19th century for aristocratic Europeans traveling along the Grand Tour. Beginning in the 18th century, the Grand Tour became a rite o...
Bronze
Large Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Seated Mercury
Located in New York, NY
Very large Grand Tour verdigris patinated bronze statue of the seated Greek Olympian god of travelers, commerce, thieves, and language, Hermes (aka Mercury in Roman mythology), datin...
Bronze
Classical, Cast Bronze, Grand Tour, Statue of Seated Hermes, Italy, 20th C.
Located in Stamford, CT
Classical, Cast Bronze, Grand Tour, Statue of Seated Hermes, Italy, 20th C.
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Seated Hermes, Early 19th Century After the Antique
Located in Beachwood, OH
Large Figure of Seated Hermes, Grand Tour Bronze, Early 19th Century 19th Century Continental School After the Antique The large size figure well cast, with brownish green patination...
Marble, Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Green Bronze Sculpture of the Seated Hermes
Located in Kastrup, DK
Italian Grand Tour bronze sculpture of the ‘Seated Hermes’ (Mercury), atop a naturalistically carved white marble base.
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze and Marble of Mercury
Located in Stamford, CT
An finely cast 19th century Italian bronze depicting the Hermes, the Greek god, (the god Mercury in Roman mythology) seated on carved gray marble. After the original Roman copy disco...
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture 'Seated Hermes'
Located in Stamford, CT
A very fine cast of the 'Seated Hermes,' after the original excavated in the 18th century. Known as the god Mercury to the Romans. The bronze seated Hermes, found at the Villa of...
Bronze and Marble Sculpture of Seated Hermès
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Grand tour bronze and marble sculpture of Hermès.
Marble, Bronze
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H 11.03 in W 3.94 in D 2.37 in
Italian Grand Tour Souvenir Bronze Mercury Resting After the Antique 1910 Circa
Located in Milano, MI
This is an excellent bronze desk-top-sized Grand Tour Souvenir figure of the resting Mercury modeled after the antique.
Bronze
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The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
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