Head of Mercury
Many sculptors in the late nineteenth-century turned to commercial manufacturers when they chose to work in ceramics. The firm of Emile Muller, located in the suburbs of Paris, produced this stoneware relief, as well as the figure of a lizard designed by Emmanuel Frémiet exhibited elsewhere in this gallery. The artist Alexandre Charpentier designed a low-relief ceramic plaque to advertise the work of the Muller firm, an example of which is displayed in a nearby case.
Artwork Details
- Title: Head of Mercury
- Modeler: Emmanuel Hannaux (French, Metz 1855–1934)
- Manufacturer: Emile Muller and Co. (founded 1854)
- Date: ca. 1895
- Culture: French
- Medium: Glazed stoneware
- Dimensions: Overall (irregular diameter, confirmed): 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., 26.4lb. (41.9 x 41.9 x 21.6 cm, 11.975kg)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, funds from various donors, and Rogers Fund, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.415
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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