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. 

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11 comments:

  1. Dragonstar3:50 AM, April 25, 2015

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

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  2. eileeninmd5:24 AM, April 25, 2015

    Pretty silhouette and sky. Happy weekend!

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  3. Lisa @ Two Bears Farm8:00 AM, April 25, 2015

    The angle of this shot is so neat!

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  4. RobertN11:21 AM, April 25, 2015

    Beautiful b&w.

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  5. William Kendall12:45 PM, April 25, 2015

    Excellent contrast against that background!

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  6. NatureFootstep5:59 PM, April 25, 2015

    ah, I want wings like that. :)

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  7. Connie6:47 PM, April 25, 2015

    I like the silhouette. Neat photo.

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  8. Rosemary9:51 PM, April 25, 2015

    Perfect photo to go with your title.

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  9. Ida11:30 PM, April 25, 2015

    That's cool.

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  10. Anonymous5:14 PM, April 26, 2015

    great shot!
    Visiting from THE BLACK AND WHITE WEEKEND.

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  11. Merisi3:05 PM, April 29, 2015

    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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