КАС.З. / KAS.Z. / Sculpture Fortune b / r

A. Falconi is an Italian sculptor of the 17th century. The sculpture "Fortuna" was made in the 1660s by order of the Roman Guild of Merchants in addition to the sculpture "Mercury" by G. da Bologna (1564). The couple symbolizes happiness in entrepreneurship. Fortune (Roman, Greek-Tyche) - the deity of fate, good luck, good luck. Depicted on a ball or wheel (symbols of the variability of happiness), with a cornucopia in his hands. The figure of a naked woman in height. With her right leg, she rests on the wheel, the left is bent at the knee and laid back in the right hand, the cornucopia, the left hand is raised forward and up. The Pose of Fortune mirrors the pose of the figure of Mercury J. Da Bologna. The stand is high cylindrical, with a relief image of a putti. The Kasli plant has been casting the sculpture from 1898-1899.
Year of creation of the model, 1660, Material, cast iron - "Dutch soot", Author, Falconi A., Weight (kg), 10, Length (mm), 340, Width (mm), 175, Height (mm), 815