An Early 18thC Italian Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 reserved was a Flemish Baroque artist

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An Early 18thC Italian Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 reserved was a Flemish Baroque artistOrigin: 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