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MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI-BENZI (MONTEVARCHI 1656-1740 VILLA PETROLO)

Lot 31
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Lot 31 | MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI-BENZI (MONTEVARCHI 1656-1740 VILLA PETROLO)
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€ 30 000 – 50 000
MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI-BENZI (MONTEVARCHI 1656-1740 VILLA PETROLO)
Apollon musagète
bronze, reposant sur un socle postérieur en bois teinté noir
H. 31 cm (12 ¼ in.), H. totale : 36,5 cm (14 3/8 in.)




Provenance

Eric Bramall, Angleterre ; vente Sotheby's, Londres, 2 juillet 1997, lot 130.
Avec Patricia Wengraf Ltd.
D'où acquis directement par Claudia Quentin, 2002.



Literature

E. Schmidt, et. al., Plasmato del fuoco: la scultura in bronzo nella Firenze degli ultimi Medici, Florence, Palazzo Pitti, 18 septembre 2019-12 janvier, 2020.




Exhibited

New York, The Frick Collection, European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection, 28 septembre 2004-2 janvier 2005, pp. 275-277, no. 31.



Further Details

A BRONZE FIGURE OF APOLLO MUSAGETES, BY MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI-BENZI

Trained in Florence and Rome at the end of the 17th century, Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740) was both heir to the Renaissance tradition and a precursor of Neoclassicism. Like his Apollo Musagetes, many of his works draw on the Antique. The contrapposto position of this model which embodies the canon of beauty of the era, highlights the vigorous musculature as well his remarkably grace.

This bronze is one of twelve models that Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi created for Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, based on classical models. Originally intended to be life-size, the small wax models sent to the Prince of Liechtenstein in 1702 were finally cast in 1706.

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.
Artist:Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656 - 1740)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Genre:Mythological painting
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
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