Sculpture “Fortuna”
Album of 1900, P. ХХV, S. Figurines No. 145, Fig. 145
Pattern creator Change
Pattern creation time
Dimensions 84,0×38,0×18,0 cm
Weight 9,85 kg
Casting creation time 1906
Molder S. Khoroshenin
Manufacturer Kasli Foundry
Time period pre-revolutionary period (1747-1917)
Brands and inscriptions
Inscriptions in rectangular frames: “КАС.З.1906” (KASLI FOUNDRY 1906), “С.ХОРОШЕНИНЪ” (S.KHOROSHENIN); a round imprint with the Russian double-headed eagle.
Note
A French reduction of the second half of the 19th century of the bronze sculpture “Fortuna” created in the 1660s by an Italian artist A. Falconi. It was originally created as a pair to the earlier and more widely known bronze sculpture “Mercury” (1564) by Giovanni da Bologna (1524-1608). In the second half of the 19th century, the reductions by Parisian bronze founders of sculptures “Fortuna” and “Mercury” were used to cast the allegorical pair of interior sculptures representing good luck, success and financial well-being in entrepreneurship, banking and trade.