Madame Recamier Ajax Mercury Statue

Mercury Statue

She is guardian of springs and streams

this column has the cool luminosity and understated authority of natural stone

Septimius Severus

and protector of wild animals

Madame Recamier Ajax Mercury StatueMadame Recamier, a bust, after the antique marble by Joseph Chinard, 1756 1813, French. The Getty collection, Los Angeles. A sophisticated and romanticly sculptured marble bust of a young woman,looking downward and to dexter, clutching her drapery around her chest. Madame Recamier was considered by many as the most beautiful and charming women of her time. She was born in Lyon, France, and was known as Juliette, she rose to become one of France`s most