Il nudo maschile nella statuaria italiana: cross-legged MERCURIO del BELVEDERE (with winged hat and staff) -- marmo -- (Uffizi, Firenze).

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The cross-legged pose fascianted Winckelmann.

"giovanetto ignduo fatto per un Mercurio il quale er già in Bel vedere di Roma"

All his attributes are late-Italian, rather than Roman, and there is no reason to believe that the statue was meant to represent MERCURIO in the first place.