ID 990759
Lot 160 | FRENCH, CIRCA 1700
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
The Laocoön
bronze group; on an integrally cast naturalistic base
22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 2002, lot 223, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
H. H. Brummer, The Statue Court in the Vatican Belvedere, Stockholm, 1970, no. 70.
G. Pratesi, Repertorio della Scultura Fiorentina del Seicento e Settecento, Turin, 1993, nos. 216 and 217.
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.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures |
| Address of auction |
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