19th century Italian school after the antique Mercury seated, also known as Mercury at rest Bronze with brown patina Dim. 19 x 18 cm Related literature F. Haskell, N. Penny, Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London, 1981, n°136, p.287 Related work: Roman copy of a Greek original from the school of Lysippus (4th century BC), Mercury seated, bronze, H. 105 cm, found in the Villa dei Papyri at Herculaneum in 1758, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Expert: Cabinet Lacroix-Jeannest