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CARLO DI CESARE DEL PALAGIO (FLORENCE, 1540-1598, MANTUA)

Lot 3
30.01.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1126150
Lot 3 | CARLO DI CESARE DEL PALAGIO (FLORENCE, 1540-1598, MANTUA)
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$ 1 000 000 – 2 000 000
CARLO DI CESARE DEL PALAGIO (FLORENCE, 1540-1598, MANTUA)

VENUS WITHHOLDING A HEART FROM CUPID

bronze

30 in. (76.2 cm.) high, the bronze





Provenance

Eugen Gutmann (1840-1925), Berlin, by 1912.

with Bachstitz Gallery, Berlin and the Hague, on consignment from the above, 1921-1924.

Fritz B. Gutmann (1886-1944), Amsterdam, returned by the above, 29 July 1924.

with I Rosenbaum NV, Amsterdam, on consignment from the above, 10 December 1937.

The Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. Mildmay Thomas Boscawen, D.S.O., M.C. (1892-1958), Moa, Tanganyika and London, acquired directly from the above (through Copper & Adams, London), July 1939, until before 1959.

with Copper & Adams, London, acquired directly from the above, before 1959.

Sylvia Phyllis Adams (1907-1998), London, acquired directly from the above.

Her sale; Bonham's, London, 15 December 1999, lot 95.

with Patricia Wengraf Ltd., London.

Acquired from the above, 2000.



Literature

O. von Falke, Die Kunstsammlung Eugen Gutmann, Berlin, 1912, p. 64, no. 197, pl. 51, attributed to de Vries, as Venus und Amor.

D. Diemer, 'Small Bronzes by Hubert Gerhard: A Review of Recent Scholarship', Small Bronzes in the Renaissance, Studies in the History of Art, vol. 62, Washington, D.C., 2001, pp. 202-203, figs. 11, 12, as Venus and Cupid.

D. Diemer, Hubert Gerhard und Carlo de Cesare del Palagio, Bronzeplastiker der Spätrenaissance, Berlin, 2004, vol. I, pp. 243, 280, no. 697, vol. II, pp. 170, 495-496, no. C 8, pls. 311a-c, 312a-b, as Venus und Cupido.

V. Avery, 'Unless they were really first class, I did not care to have them: Lieutenant Colonel Boscawen and his collection of sculpture', Sculpture Journal, vol. XII, London, 2004, pp. 90, 94, fig. 8, illustrated.



Exhibited

The Hague and Berlin, La Galerie Bachstitz, The Bachstitz Gallery Collection 3: Objects of Art and Paintings, 1921, no. 21.

New York, The Frick Collection, European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection, 28 September 2004-2 January 2005, pp. 218-225, no. 22.

Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Bella Figura: Europäische Bronzekunst in Süddeutschland um 1600, 6 February-25 May 2015, pp. 232-233, no. 28, as Venus enthält Cupido ein Herz vor.



Further Details

Please note a scanned copy of the full catalogue entry from the catalogue of the 2004 Quentin Collection exhibition at The Frick Collection, New York is available upon request.
Artist:Carlo di Cesare del Palagio (1538 - 1598)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Place of origin:Italy
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