Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (French, 1714–1785)

Mercure attachant ses talonnières (Mercury (Hermes) lacing his winged sandals). Lead, cast in 1753 after a model created in 1744 for Pigalle's reception at the Royal Academy.

Dimensions H. 1.87 m (6 ft. 1 ½ in.), W. 108 cm (3 ft. 6 ½ in.), D. 1.06 m (3 ft. 5 ½ in.)

Credit line In the Louvre collections since 1872

Accession number RF 3023

Location Department of Sculptures, Richelieu, lower ground floor, Cour Puget

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

Hermes / Mercury Gallery


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