Mercury
Mercury, the messenger of the gods, is typically depicted as a youth with wings on his hat or feet. This monumental bronze statue, commissioned by Lorenzo Ridolfi in 1549 and completed in 1551, formerly stood at the center of the courtyard of the Palazzo Ridolfi in Florence. T...
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Lorenzo di Piero Ridolfi, Palazzo Tornabuoni-Ridolfi, Florence, 1549, by commission; Altemps, Florence, 1571 [mode of acquisition unknown] [with the Palazzo Tornabuoni-Ridolfi]; Cardinal Alessandro de' Medici, Florence [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [with the Palazzo Tornabuoni-Ridolfi]; Corsi family, Florence, 1607 [mode of acquisition unknown] [with the Palazzo Tornabuoni-Ridolfi]; Giovanni Corsi, Florence, prior to 1729 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Corsi family, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto, prior to 1879, by inheritance; Sale, Sesto, 1879; Arthur Sambon Collection, Paris, 1880; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.312 |
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