Grand Tour-Skulptur "Raub der Polyxena" nach Pio Fedi (* 07.06.1815 Viterbo, † 31.05.1892 Florenz), Italien, spätes 19. Jhdt.
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Lot 125 | Grand Tour-Skulptur "Raub der Polyxena" nach Pio Fedi (* 07.06.1815 Viterbo, † 31.05.1892 Florenz), Italien, spätes 19. Jhdt.
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€ 6 000
Free-standing, fully sculptured and highly detailed bronze cast with fine chiselling in places. Modelled on the famous colossal group of figures, "Rape of Polyxena", carved in marble from 1860 to 1865, in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. Slight signs of age. Minimal rubbing. Beautiful patina. Height 65 cm.
The central figure representing Neoptolemus, also called Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles. He strides onto the altar, holding the Trojan princess Polyxena, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, in his left arm. Intending to sacrifice the princess on the grave of Achilles, his father, Neoptolemus draws his sword in his raised right hand against Hecuba, kneeling in entreaty at his feet. In front of her, and between the feet of Pyrrhus, lies one of Polyxena's brothers, who has been killed in battle.
Pio Fedi first learned the goldsmith's craft under a master on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. He then enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts to study drawing, among other subjects. Aferwards, he visited Vienna, attending the Academy there, and was commissioned to paint in the Belvedere. Granted a scholarship to study in Rome, he stayed there until 1844. Shortly after, he returned to Florence, where he turned to sculpture as a result of an injury. Here he received important commissions, for example, creating life-sized tableaux for the Uffizi on behalf of Leopold II. Without doubt, the Rape of Polyxena is one of his most famous works.
Condition: I - II
Grand Tour-Skulptur "Raub der Polyxena" nach Pio Fedi (* 07.06.1815 Viterbo, † 31.05.1892 Florenz), Italien, spätes 19. Jhdt.
Freistellbarer, vollplastischer und sehr detailliert ausgeführter, teilweise fein ziselierter Bronzeguss. Nach der bekannten kolossalen, von 1860 bis 1865 in Marmor gearbeiteten Figurengruppe „Raub der Polyxena" in der Loggia dei Lanzi in Florenz. Leichte Altersspuren. Minimal berieben. Schön gewachsene Patina. Höhe 65 cm.
Die zentrale Figur stellt Neoptolemos, auch Pyrrhos genannt, Sohn des Achilleus, dar. Dieser schreitet auf den Altar und hält im linken Arm die trojanische Prinzessin Polyxena, Tochter des Priamus und der Hekabe. Diese soll am Grab seines Vaters, Achilleus, geopfert werden, während Neoptolemos mit der Rechten sein gezücktes Schwert gegen Hekabe erhebt, die sich ihm zu Füßen geworfen hat. Vor dieser wiederum und zwischen den Füßen des Pyrrhos liegt einer der im Kampf gefallenen Brüder der Polyxena.
Pio Fedi erlernte zuerst das Goldschmiedehandwerk bei einem Meister auf der Ponte Vecchio in Florenz, schrieb sich aber später in der Akademie der schönen Künste ein, um u.a. Zeichnen zu studieren. Danach besuchte er Wien, wo er die dortige Akademie besuchte und im Schloss Belvedere zeichnen durfte. Er erhielt ein Stipendium für einen Aufenthalt in Rom und hielt sich dort bis 1844 auf. Kurze Zeit später kehrte er nach Florenz zurück und wandte sich aufgrund einer Verletzung der Bildhauerei zu. Hier erhielt er wichtige Aufträge: u.a. schuf er im Auftrag Leopolds II. lebensgroße Standbilder für die Uffizien. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehört zweifellos der Raub der Polyxena.
Zustand: I - II
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