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Mercury and Cupid
Francesco Fanelli, late 1630s
- Artist
- Francesco Fanelli (Italian, born Florence 1577, active Genoa (1605–30) and England (1632–39))
- Date
- late 1630s
- Medium
- Bronze
- Size
- Height confirmed: 31 in. (78.7 cm)
- Type
- Sculpture-Bronze
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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