Hendrick de KeyserDutch, 1565–1621Mercurius
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the sculpture
This statuette can be identified by his winged hat as Mercury, the messenger of the gods in Classical mythology. In his right hand, he originally held a caduceus, a wand with two serpents entwined around it. De Keyser gave the figure a beautiful S-curve based on the classic contrapposto pose. The weight is placed on the right leg, balanced by the left arm, with the other arm and leg remaining free.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- BK-1959-61
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
