ID 887722 
Lot 218  | A BRONZE GROUP OF APOLLO FLAYING MARSYAS
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 000 000 
GIOVANNI BATTISTA FOGGINI (1652-1725), FLORENCE, CIRCA 1691-1700
on a naturalistic base inscribed in red with the inventory number '1136.'
23 1/2 in. (59.8 cm) high
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, by descent for at least three generations.
Acquired from the above in 2018, and now offered from the estate of the purchaser.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
H. Weihrauch, Die Bildwerke in Bronze und anderen Metallen, Munich, 1956, pp. 183-184, no. 222.
K. Lankheit, Florentinische Barockplastik – Die Kunst am Hofe der letzten Medici 1670-1743, Munich, 1962, p. 80-81, figs. 118-119, 124.
Gli Ultimi Medici – Il tardo barocco a Firenze, 1670-1743, exhibition catalogue, Florence, 1974, pp. 64-65, no. 27.
V. Krahn, ed., Von allen Seiten schön – Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, exhibition catalogue, Berlin, 1995, pp. 606-607, no. 240.
G. Pratesi, Repertorio della Scultura Fiorentina del Seicento e Settecento, Turin, 1993, vol. II, figs. 212 and 213.
J. Warren, Beauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection, London, 2010, cat. no. 21.
| Artist: | Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652 - 1725) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Art style: | Renaissance | 
| Genre: | Mythological painting | 
| Place of origin: | Italy | 
| Auction house category: | Statuettes | 
| Artist: | Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652 - 1725) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Art style: | Renaissance | 
| Genre: | Mythological painting | 
| Place of origin: | Italy | 
| Auction house category: | Statuettes | 
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