Style Other / Ref.13498
Fireback with Hermes' caduceus and horns of plenty
Dimensions:
Width: 19'' ¾ 50cm
Height: 25'' ⅝ 65cm
Origin:
18th century.
Status:
Good condition.
This fireback was made of castiron in the the late 18th century.
It is adorned with a canopy under which two horns of plenty frame a caduceus. Represented by a laurel or olive tree stick, surmounted by two wings and encircled by two interlaced snaked, the caduceus, in the Greek mythology, is one of Hermes' attribute. It's used to heal the snakes' bites and represents through the snakes enterlacing the union of the earth and the sky. Apart from Hermes, the goddess Iris was also represented with a caducée, because she was also Hera's messenger.
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