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
 

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