ID 1344876
Lot 173 | AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, CIRCA 1722
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
A faun
bronze; on an integrally cast oval base; depicted standing and playing a flute, now lacking; with a lion's pelt draped around his shoulders and kneeling on a tree stump
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high
Provenance
One of the 13 bronzes purchased by Thomas, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, 15 July 1723 for a total of £300.
Thence by descent at Shirburn Castle, until sold,
Important European Furniture, Sculpture and Carpets Including The Macclesfield Sculpture; Christie's London, 1 December 2005, lot 62 (price realised £36,000).
Literature
T. P. Connor, 'The fruits of a Grand Tour - Edward Wright and Lord Parker in Italy, 1720-22', in Apollo, July 1998, pp. 23-30.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Perrier, Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum que temporis denteminvidium evase, 1638, no. 48.
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique - The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London, 1981, no. 39.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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