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Mercury
Lost Art-ID
208300
Artist
Title
Mercury
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
ivory / carved
Measures
4 cm Breite Sockel/Fuß
Height
11.50 cm
Width
4.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 59
Description
Mercury as a winged boy, with hat and boots, carrying a full bag on his back and stepping on an empty bag with his right foot; left hand and hat damaged.
Provenance
According to the 1830 and 1858 inventories, the object formerly belonged to duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1830, fol. 11r, Nr. 68; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. XXV, Nr. 47; Aldenhoven Plastik, Elfenbein Nr. 59
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Anastasia Yurchenko
Position
Provenienzforscherin
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 328
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
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