Mercury and Turtle, (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

sculptor
Harnisch, Albert E. b. 1843
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 190.
Summary
Figure of Mercury as a young boy seated on a rock, a turtle walking across his lap.
Modeled 1862. Carved 1879
Control number
IAS 36120023
Type
Sculptures
Medium
Marble
Owner/Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 1982.442
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Animal--Reptile--Turtle
Mythology--Classical--Mercury
Record ID
siris_ari_316461
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