A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ÉCORCHÉ MAN

Lot 210
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Lot 210 | A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ÉCORCHÉ MAN
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ÉCORCHÉ MAN

CAST FROM A MODEL BY WILLEM DANIELSZ. VAN TETRODE (C. 1525-1580), LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY

17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, the figure

20 in. (50.8 cm.) high, with base





Provenance

Private collection, Europe.

Their sale, Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 2004, lot 160.

Peter Guggenheim (1927-2012) and John Abbott (1925-2020), New York and Warwick, NY, until 2015.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

M. Schwartz, ed., European Sculpture from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2008, pp. 140-141, no. 72 , as Écorché Figure of a Man.

M. Leithe-Jasper and P. Wengraf, eds., European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2004, p. 232 and p. 237, note 2.



COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Sechs Sammler Stellen Aus, exh. cat. 1961, p. 31, no. 69.

H. R. Weirauch, Europäische bronzestatuetten, 15-18 Jahrhundert, Braunschweig, 1967, pp. 377 and 382, ill. 460.

S. E. Zuraw, M. G. Barberini, et. al., Masterpieces of the Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture from the Palazzo Venezia, exhibition catalogue, Rome, 1996, pp. 78-79, no. 20.

M. Kemp and M. Wallace, eds., Spectacular Bodies – The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now, exhibition catalogue, London, 2000, no. 284, pp. 81 and 229.

F. Scholten, ed., Willem van Tetrode, Sculptor (c.1525-1580), exhibition catalogue, New York, 2003, pp. 34, 40-41, 125-126, no. 31.



Exhibited

London, National Gallery, Rubens, A Master in the Making, 26 October 2005-15 January 2006, p. 102, no. 34, as Écorché.
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