Mercury - Paris, France
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N 48° 51.914 E 002° 19.357
31U E 450321 N 5412695
Mercury, the son of Jupiter, is the God of business and served as a messenger of the gods.
Waymark Code: WMD7RY
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 12/02/2011
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This sculpture is located in the Tuileries Garden in Paris. It depicts the god Mercury as a young man sitting sidesaddle on Pegasus. He has the typical wings on his heels and carries a caduceus in his right hand. He wears a non-descript hat and a loincloth. Pegasus, was a winged and devine horse. Poseiden was his father. This is an unusual combination since Mercury was a Roman god (although he had his Greek persona was Hermes) and Pegasus is part of Greek mythology. Read more about Pegasus at (
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The marble sculpture is dated 1719 and is by French artist Antoine Coysevox.