File:Mercury tortoise Louvre Br184.jpg

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English: Mercury (identified by small notches on the ankles for the wings) holding a lost object, probably a tortoise. Bronze, Roman artwork related to the Marathon Boy (?), 1st century BC.
Français : Mercure (identifié par de petites encoches aux chevilles pour les talonnières) tenant un objet disparu, probablement une tortue. Bronze, œuvre romaine rattachée à l'Éphèbe de Marathon (?), Ier siècle av. J.-C.
Date 1st century BC
date QS:P571,-050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium bronze
medium QS:P186,Q34095
Dimensions height: 21.8 cm (8.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,21.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Bronzes et objets précieux, room 32: salle des Bronzes. Sully, 1st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
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Br 184
Object history

collection of James-Alexandre de Pourtalès

collection of Julien Gréau
Credit line June 1885: sale of the collection of Julien Gréau at Hôtel Drouot, Paris
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 9397
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