ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO SUSINI (ITALIAN, 1558-1624), AFTER THE MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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ID 990553 
Lot 37  | ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO SUSINI (ITALIAN, 1558-1624), AFTER THE MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Estimate value
£ 180 000 – 250 000 
A Pacing Horse
bronze; on a modern ebonised wood base
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high, 15.5 in. (39 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1694-1733), Schloss Neschwitz, Saxony [by repute].
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (1676-1733), Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg, gifted from the above [by repute].
With Matthiesen Gallery, London.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 10 June 1959.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
K. Watson and C. Avery, 'Medici and Stuart: a Grand Ducal Gift of "Giovanni Bologna" Bronzes for Henry Prince of Wales', in The Burlington Magazine, CXV, 1973, pp. 493-507.
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, Giambologna 1528-1609: Sculptor to the Medici, exhibition catalogue, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1978, pp. 172-186.
C. Avery, Giambologna - The Complete Sculpture, Oxford, 1987, nos. 38 and 132.
D. Gasparotto, ‘Cavalli e cavalieri: Il monumento equestre da Giambologna a Foggini’ in B. Paolozzi Strozzi and D. Zikos, Giambologna: gli dei, gli eroi, exhibition catalogue, Florence, Bargello Museum, 2006 pp. 88-106.
A. Kugel, Les bronzes du Prince de Liechtenstein: Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance et du Baroque, Paris, 2008, p. 94, no. 12.
P. Wengraf, Renaissance & Baroque Bronzes from the Hill collection, exhibition catalogue, New York, The Frick Collection, 2014, pp. 126-137, no. 7.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Antonio Susini (1558 - 1624) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures | 
| Artist: | Antonio Susini (1558 - 1624) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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