An Early 18thC Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Macabre- Medicine with areas of flaked loss

with areas of flaked loss

with slender abacus and spiralling volutes

or the library

It mentions Pope Bendedict XIV in the third line

were destroyed due to their now un-politically correct nature and today they prove scarce

An Early 18thC Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Macabre- Medicine with areas of flaked lossOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early Mid 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1700 50Width: 10. 5Height: 19. 5Depth: 11The early sculpted terracotta bust of Hermes or Mercury, the whole with weathering and a very honest and well established patina, facing dexter and gazing slightly downward conveying a dreamy, almost wistful expression, with tight short curled hair and the distinctive flat cap, or petasos, to an integral plinth base, the whole surviving from the