Van der Doort c.1639
WS 93, № 14
Struggling Mercury, standing on one (left) leg, arms stretched out as if about to fly (pointing upwards)
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
1ft 2in x 0in (35.6cm high)
Medium:
bronze with black varnish
Frame:
black turned round wooden pedestal
Provenance:
Widow of young Heriot [James, the King's Jeweller, died 1634]
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
gift
Notes:
[Not of the 18 Florentine bronzes]
Location:
Room description extended:
Your Majesty's statues placed round about the Cabinet Room; 36 including 16 of the 18 little statues which came to your majesty by the decease of Prince Henry; the other 2 are in the Chair Room
Original Manuscript page number:
Windsor MS., f. 24 and V&A MS, f. 41, no 13 (WS 212)
Identification certainty:
Unknown