Benedetto Boschetti, Sculpture After Giambologna
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(Italian, circa 1820-1879)
Mercury, holding the caduceus, raised on gust of wind issuing from the mouth of Boreas, after the original by Giambologna (1529-1608), signed on bronze plinth "B. Boschetti/Roma", patinated bronze on green marble cylindrical stepped plinth, 39-5/8 x 16 x 11 in.
Note: Benedetto Boschetti led a workshop on the Via Condotti in Rome that became one of the foremost in producing fine bronzes for a Grand Tour clientele. Boschetti exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, winning a prize there.
Provenance: Ruth and Ed Bridgeforth, Winchester, Virginia
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dark brown patina, minor abrasions
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Benedetto Boschetti, Sculpture After Giambologna
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