Hermes1.0156_WedgwoodFlaxman

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OGCMA s.v. "Hermes"

John Flaxman (1755-1826), attributed to, "Mercury," basalt bust, after 1789.

Flaxman was commissioned for several Wedgwood pieces in the late century, works that showed divine sanction for various international alliances with France.

Bronze bust of a young man, possibly Hermes or Mercury, wearing a winged hat, against a blue background

Bindman, David, ed. 1979. John Flaxman. Royal Academy, London: Thames & Hudson. — no. 31 w/ illustration.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
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