ID 992770
Lot 34 | ITALIAN, PROBABLY FLORENTINE GRAND DUCAL WORKSHOPS, CIRCA 1700-20
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Reclining Venus
marble; on an elaborately decorated, silver-mounted ormolu base
20 x 11 x 6 in. (50.8 x 28 x 15.2 cm.) the figure
211/2 x 123/4 x 9 in. (54.6 x 32.4 x 22.9 cm.) overall
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 11 December 2003, lot 103.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Souchal, 'La collection du sculpteur Girardon d'après son inventaire après décès', in Gazette des Beaux Arts, vol. 82, 1973, pp. 1-98.
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique - The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London, 1981, no. 48, pp. 234-236.
E. Colle, Il Mobile Barocco in Italia - arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1600 al 1738, Milan, 2000.
E. Colle, A. Griseri and R. Valeriani, Bronzi Decorativi in Italia - Bronzisti e fonditori italiani dal Seicento all'Ottocento, Milan, 2001.
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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