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GIOVANNI BANDINI (CASTELLO, 1540-1599, FLORENCE)

Starting price
$ 1 000 000
Auction dateClassic
30.01.2024 10:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1126163
Lot 5 | GIOVANNI BANDINI (CASTELLO, 1540-1599, FLORENCE)
GIOVANNI BANDINI (CASTELLO, 1540-1599, FLORENCE)

MARS AND VULCAN

bronzed terracotta

30 in. (76.2 cm.) high, to top of heads





Provenance

Francesca Maria II delle Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1549-1631), commisioned from the artist, by November 1585 (almost certainly).

Anonymous sale; Finarte, Rome, 21 October 1987, lot 527.

The Mari Cha Collection, New York.

with Chaucer Fine Arts, London, acquired from the above, 2002.

with Patricia Wengraf, Ltd., London, acquired from the above, 2002.

Acquired from the above, 2002.



Exhibited

New York, The Frick Collection, European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection, 28 September 2004-2 January 2005, pp. 188-193, no. 17.

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017-2021, on long-term loan, no. 2017.40.6 and 2017.40.7.



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.
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramics, Terracotta
Place of origin:Italy
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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