An Early 18thC Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Macabre- Medicine Masschetusets but spent many years

Masschetusets but spent many years in Europe where he ‘gained great celebrity’ as a portrait painter

The interior does have cut outs where the previous owner has obviously stored electrical equipment inside

The Largest: 15” wide x 11” high x 16” deep

with areas of flaked loss

An Early 18thC Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Macabre- Medicine Masschetusets but spent many yearsOrigin: 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