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The Bateman Mercury2nd-century copy after a Greek original of the 4th century B.C.

On view:

Geffen Galleries, floor 1

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Bateman Mercury
Culture: Roman
Date Made: 2nd-century copy after a Greek original of the 4th century B.C.
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 76 × 30 × 23 in. (193.04 × 76.2 × 58.42 cm) Weight: 1222 lb. (554.3 kg)
Credit Line: William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number: 48.24.15
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography: Ebert-Schifferer, S. Natur und Antike in der Renaissance: Ausstellung im Liebieghaus Museum alter Platsik. Frankfurt am Main: Liebieghaus Museum alter Plastik, 1985.
Marandel, J. Patrice. Abecedario: Collecting and Recollecting. Los Angeles: Art Catalogues; LACMA, 2017.
Levkoff, Mary. "Hearst and the Antique." Apollo 168, no.558 (October 2008): 52-60.
Levkoff, Mary L., ed. Hearst the collector. Exh. Cat. New York: Abrams and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.
King, Jennifer, ed. Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2020.

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On view:

Geffen Galleries, floor 1

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Bateman Mercury
Culture: Roman
Date Made: 2nd-century copy after a Greek original of the 4th century B.C.
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 76 × 30 × 23 in. (193.04 × 76.2 × 58.42 cm) Weight: 1222 lb. (554.3 kg)
Credit Line: William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number: 48.24.15
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography: Ebert-Schifferer, S. Natur und Antike in der Renaissance: Ausstellung im Liebieghaus Museum alter Platsik. Frankfurt am Main: Liebieghaus Museum alter Plastik, 1985.
Marandel, J. Patrice. Abecedario: Collecting and Recollecting. Los Angeles: Art Catalogues; LACMA, 2017.
Levkoff, Mary. "Hearst and the Antique." Apollo 168, no.558 (October 2008): 52-60.
Levkoff, Mary L., ed. Hearst the collector. Exh. Cat. New York: Abrams and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.
King, Jennifer, ed. Vera Lutter: Museum in the Camera. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2020.