French
( 1740 - 1745 )
Hermes Fastening his Sandal, also known as Cincinnatus
1742
Terracotta
31.5 cm (12 ½ in.) high
Monogrammed and dated: ‘AF 1742’ (on the base)
Private collection, USA
Related Literature
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500–1900, New Haven and London, 1981, pp. 37–42 and 182–84
L’Esprit créateur de Pigalle à Canova. Terre-cuites européennes 1740–1840, exh. cat., ed. J.D. Draper and G. Scherf, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2004, pp. 80 and 107–08
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500–1900, New Haven and London, 1981, pp. 37–42 and 182–84
L’Esprit créateur de Pigalle à Canova. Terre-cuites européennes 1740–1840, exh. cat., ed. J.D. Draper and G. Scherf, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2004, pp. 80 and 107–08
