Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
( 1714 - 1785 )
Venus and Mercury
18th century
Marble
Venus: 108 cm (42½ in.) high Mercury 100 cm (39½ in.) high
Private collection
Fermier Général Bouret de Vézelay, 1762, from whom purchased by
Marquisd’Aligre, and by descent to
Marquis de Pomereu, 1801, by descent in the family until 1977; Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, 1977, until purchased by Barbara Piasecka Johnson, 1980
Marquisd’Aligre, and by descent to
Marquis de Pomereu, 1801, by descent in the family until 1977; Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, 1977, until purchased by Barbara Piasecka Johnson, 1980
S. Lami, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'école française au dix-huitième siècle, Paris, 1991, reprinted 1970, II, p. 245
L. Réau, J.-B. Pigalle, Paris, 1950
L. Réau, J.-B. Pigalle, Paris, 1950