ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Lot 170
05.02.2025 14:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1362516
Lot 170 | ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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.
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