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Mercury
about 1850
Medium/Technique
Marble
Dimensions
48.26 x 36.83 x 25.4 cm (19 x 14 1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman
Accession NumberRES.56.83a
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture
During the nineteenth century, this sculpture and its companion "Paris," exhibited nearby, decorated the library of Theodore Lyman's home in Brookline, Massachusetts. This bust of the messenger god is based on a classical sculpture of Mercury, then in a British collection.
ProvenanceTheodore Lyman, Brookline, Mass.; Mrs. Henry Lyman, Canton, Mass.; gift to the Museum in 1956.