It is the work of art made by Léonard Limosin in 1553.

Léonard Limosin,
French enameller, painter and miniature painter, the most accomplished
member of one of the best-known families of enamellers working in Limoges
during the 16th century. He was the best-known enameller of Renaissance
France. Encouraged by the Bishop of Limoges, Jean de Langeac, Limosin
produced painted enamels on copper in all forms, including plates and plaques
with mythological and religious subjects, tableware and caskets. His chief
speciality was the interpretation in enamels of portrait drawings by artists of
the school of Jean and François Clouet, such as that of Anne de Montmorency
(Paris, Louvre). It is made of Enamel on copper. At first glance it looks very
impressive. Here used mostly cold colours. Blue one is dominant here. And
gold makes this masterpiece very rich. Two altars were set against the new
choir screen erected in the upper chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. They
were decorated with altarpieces, consisting of enamel compositions set into
painted panels, two of which, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection survive.
Each is composed of twenty-three enamel plaques. Each panel incorporates
portrait medallions of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, the donors of the
altars. The most beautiful elements are the angels bearing the instruments of
the Passion, realized after drawings by Niccolò dell'Abbate. This work of art is
very close to religion and shows precisely the author’s vision of religion,
especially Crucifixion. Actually, this work has such name.
Large mythological bronze representing Mercury or Hermes, the messenger of the gods. The wings on his
ankles enable him to move quickly and are one of his distinctive symbols. Mercury, represented here as a
young, athletic man, is being propulsed into the air by a burst of wind represented as a young face blowing
to help Mercury rise. In his upward momentum, he is raising his right arm and pointing to the heavens, the
source of divine knowledge.

The original statue of "Flying Mercury" was realized in 1580 by the Italian sculptor Giambologna, also
known as Jean de Bologne (1529-1608). It is conserved in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. A
17th century model from the collection of the Duke of Brissac is in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

At first glance, this piece of art looks at the same time strange but majestically. It may have a message for
us, in different unknown situations ask Heaven for help because it has all answers.

It is made of bronze, is dark coloured and it gives more mysterious atmosphere of this god and more
power.

Giambologna became well known for a fine sense of action and movement, and a refined, differentiated
surface finish. Among his most famous works are the Mercury (of which he did four versions), poised on
one foot. The god raises one arm to point heavenwards in a gesture borrowed from the repertory of
classical rhetoric that is characteristic of Giambologna's maniera.

Giambologna provided as well as many sculptures for garden grottos and fountains in the Boboli Gardens of
Florence and at Pratolino, and the bronze doors of the cathedral of Pisa. He created the bronze sea-horses
and some other sculptures for Bartolomeo Ammannati's Fountain of Neptune, Florence.