ID 1344948
Lot 129 | FOLLOWER OF TOMMASO 'DEL PORFIDO' FEDELE (C.1598-1658 ROME), SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
(C.1598-1658 ROME), SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Reclining Venus
porphyry; with a scallop shell to the naturalistic base, set within a later marble bow-ended base
5 7/8 in. (15 cm) high; 24. 3/8 in. (62 cm.) wide
Provenance
[By repute] purchased by Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway (1850-1934),
and thence by descent.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
R. Coppel Aréizaga, Museo del Prado Catálogo de la Scultura de Época Moderna, Madrid, 1998, nos. 39 and 40.
P. Malgouyres, ed., Porphyre: La Pierre Pourpre des Ptolomées aux Bonaparte, Musée du Louvre Paris, November 2003 - February 2004, pp. 106-109.
D. del Bufalo, Porphyry: Red Imperial Porphyry, Power and Religion, Turin, 2012, pp.48-49, 98-99 and 125, 134.
| Medium: | Porphyry, Stone |
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| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Medium: | Porphyry, Stone |
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| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| 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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