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GIAMBOLOGNA (DOUAI, 1529-1608, FLORENCE), PROBABLY CAST IN 1584

Lot 12
30.01.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 12 | GIAMBOLOGNA (DOUAI, 1529-1608, FLORENCE), PROBABLY CAST IN 1584
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$ 800 000 – 1 200 000
GIAMBOLOGNA (DOUAI, 1529-1608, FLORENCE), PROBABLY CAST IN 1584

SLEEPING NYMPH

bronze

8 1⁄8 in. (20.5 cm.) high; 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) long, the bronze





Provenance

Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici (1549-1609), Villa Medici, Rome, acquired from the artist (almost certainly).

Sotheby's, Florence, circa 1979 (probably).

with Black & Nadeau Gallery, Monte-Carlo, 1980-circa 1982.

John Ryan Gaines (1928-2005), Lexington, Kentucky, acquired from the above, circa 1982-June 1993.

with Patricia Wengraf, London (then trading as Alex Wengraf, Ltd.).

Acquired from the above, 1995.



Literature

C. Avery, Giambologna 1529-1608. Sculptor to the Medici, exh. cat. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh and Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1978, p. 120, under no. 72.

C. Avery, Giambologna, 1529-1608. Ein Wendepunkt der europäischen Plastik, exh. cat., Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1978, p. 164, 'b' under no. 72.

C. Avery, Jean Bologne: La Belle Endormie, Paris, 2000, p. 34, no. A.4, figs. 14, 27, 59, attributed as 'after Giambologna', as La belle endormie.



Exhibited

Monte Carlo, Black-Nadeau, Sculpture and Works of Art: 1500 to 1900, 1980, no. 5, as Reclining Nymph.

New York, The Frick Collection, European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection, 28 September 2004-2 January 2005, pp. 134-145, no. 11.

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017-2021, on long-term loan, no. 2017.40.4a, b.



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:Giovanni da Bologna (Giambologna, 1529 - 1608)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Place of origin:Italy
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