ID 1093539
Lot 164 | ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO MONTAUTI (FLORENCE 1686 - 1740), EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
A portrait of Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512)
oval plaster relief; the figure depicted holding a pair of compasses and a scrolling piece of parchment inscribed '[A]MERICA'; in a polychrome wood frame inscribed 'AMERIGO /....'
44 1⁄8 x 36 5⁄8 in. (112 x 93 cm.), overall
Provenance
With Altomani & Sons, Milan,
acquired from the above by the current owner at TEFAF, Maastricht circa 2015.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
R. Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy: 1600 to 1750, Baltimore, 1953, p. 393, no. 32.
K. Lankheit, Florentinishce Barockplastik- Die Kunst am Hofe der letzten Medici 1670-1743, Munich, 1962, p. 376, fig. 140.
A. Nava Cellini, La scultura del Seicento, Turin, 1982, p. 161.
G. Pratesi, Repertorio della Scultura Fiorentina del Seicento e Settecento, Turin, 1993, I, pp. 52, 55-56, 94, II, figs. 342-357, Ill, figs. 438-439.
F. Berti, ed., Firenze e gli ultimi Medici: The Haukohl Family Collection, Milan, 2018, p. 232.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures |
| Address of auction |
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