April 25, 2015

Winged Mercury


This is a detail of a sculpture that was copied from Mercury in the National Gallery of Art, which was in turn derived from an earlier version. As a child and young person, I enjoyed visiting the National Gallery and went many times.

We saw this graceful statue at Little Oatlands near Leesburg. 

11 comments:

  1. Great silhouette against a lovely sky. I like this a lot.

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  2. Pretty silhouette and sky. Happy weekend!

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  3. Excellent contrast against that background!

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  4. I like the silhouette. Neat photo.

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  5. Perfect photo to go with your title.

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  6. great shot!
    Visiting from THE BLACK AND WHITE WEEKEND.

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  7. The clouds in the air lend an air of possibility. Who knows, Mercury might just take off! ;-)

    I love the National Gallery.

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