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Cast of a relief of Mercury from one of the Barberini candelabra in the Vatican
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Cast of a relief of Mercury from one of the Barberini candelabra in the Vatican
Plaster cast
Museum number: M1092
On display: Colonnade - north wall
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Mercury is shown with a ram, the symbol of fertility. This cast is a pair with M1096, of Minerva and appears to have been cast by the same maker. It is from the same ancient original as M1354 and M1355.
Associated items
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