Secretary decorated with Mercury on a horse-drawn chariot in the clouds
- Date
- 1820
- Medium
- bronze; gilding; spruce; mahogany; mirror glass; oak; marble
- Dimensions
- height 156 cm x width 107 cm x depth 56 cm x weight 85 kg
- Form
- Desk
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Accession
- BK-1961-29
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr and Mrs Pool, Amstelveen
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