A Marble Bust by I van Loghteren

 

A Carved White Marble Bust of Mercury,

https://bathartandarchitecture.blogspot.com/2015/09/terracotta-busts-by-jan-van-logteren.html

https://english18thcenturyportraitsculpture.blogspot.com/2018/09/van-logteren.html

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Mercury.

Ignatius van Logteren (Loghteren) (1685-1732).

Sotheby's Paris, France  9 November, 2010

A  Dutch marble bust of Mercury, late 17th/early 18th century, by Ignatius van Logteren (1685-1732), 

Inscribed with the initials IVL on the back. He wears his winged helmet over his curly hair, with flowing fabric draped over his shoulders. Signed with the initials IVL on the back. White marble. Height: 73 cm; Width: 65 cm (28 3/4 in); Width: 25 1/2 in.

Provenance Château du Plessis-Fortia in Huisseau-en-Beauce (Loir-et-Cher), France.

Literature P. M. Fischer, Ignatius en Jan van Logteren. Beeldhouwers en Stuckunstenaars in het Amsterdam van de 18de eeuw, Utrecht,

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https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Apollo--5237e103fbd4c78a5760e14975d86c1e?tab=catalogue