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Ruckstull, Frederic Wellington,
Bureau Brothers,
Mythology -- Classical
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
Sculpture
Mercure s'amuse, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ruckstull, Frederic Wellington, 1853-1942, sculptor.
Bureau Brothers, founder.
Title:
Mercure s'amuse, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Mercury Amusing Himself, (sculpture).
Mercury Teasing an Eagle, (sculpture).
Mercury Teasing the Eagle of Jupiter, (sculpture).
Dates:
1891.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: red granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 106 x 48 x 42 in.; Base: approx. H. 64 in.
Inscription:
F.W. Ruckstuhl (Back of sculpture, lower left:) 1891 Paris Fecit signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Standing, partially draped nude figure of Mercury, with an eagle, a lamb, two snakes, and a font or incense stand. "Mercury facing proper left. Lamb is lying on top of piece of furniture or font [incense stand] to proper left of Mercury. Eagle wings are spread vertically. Eagle is on Mercury's proper left. Eagle faces proper right, toward Mercury. Proper left arm of Mercury is up against eagle's proper right wing, as if in battle over lamb. Mercury's proper right arm comes across the front of his body and is holding a scepter with the two serpents on it, as if warding off the eagle from the lamb. Mercury's proper left leg extends in front of the font [incense stand] and his proper right leg is straight."
Subject:
Mythology -- Classical -- Mercury
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Portland Place Association, Trustees of, 325 Debaliver, #185, St. Louis, Missouri 63112
Located Portland Place Parkway, St. Louis, Missouri
Exhibitions:
Paris Salon of 1891, Paris, 1891.
Remarks:
Purchased by the property owners of Portland Place for their parkway. The cost was $20,000. The Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware record lists the location of this piece as Vandeventor Place, St. Louis, Missouri. McCue's "Sculpture City: St. Louis" reports that the piece of furniture in the sculpture is an incense stand.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1992.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MO0015, 1989.
McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Monumental News (June 1920): pg. 454-455.
Illustration:
Image on file.
McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 52.
Monumental News (June 1920): pg. 454.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 76007719
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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