ID 1362516
Lot 170 | ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
Monumental busts of Mars and Venus
Each in plumed helmet, armor and with drapery about the shoulders
marble
Mars: 36 ½ in. (92.75 cm.) high, the figure
Minerva: 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, the figure(2)
Provenance
Either Edward Harrison (1674-1732)
Or Audrey, Lady Lynn and later Lady Townshend (d.1788),
and thence by descent to John, 5th Marquess Townshend (d. 1899), at Balls Park, Hertfordshire, where recorded in photographs in 1899, and thence by descent to his son George, 6th Marquess Townshend (d. 1921), and removed in 1901 to Raynham Park, Norfolk.
Thence by descent. Christies, London, 14 November 2013, lot 28.
Literature
Balls Park, Photograph Album, 26 October 1899.'Raynham Hall. Norfolk. The Seat of The Marquess of Townshend.', Country Life, 18 July 1908, p. 97.C. Hussey, 'Raynham Hall - II. Norfolk. The Seat of The Marquess Townshend.', Country Life, 21 November1925, p. 783.
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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