ID 1443065
Lot 174 | SICILIAN, CIRCA 1675
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
A standing figure of a king, probably Charles II of Spain (1661-1700)
alabaster; on a later red marble base with white veining
31 ½ in. (80.2 cm.) high; 39 ½ in. (100 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Coll & Cortés Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
D. Carrió-Invernizzi, El gobierno de las imágenes: Ceremonial y mecenazgo en la Italia española de la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, Madrid, 2008, pp. 270-274, fig. 48 and VII.
D.H. Bodart, "Statues royales et géographie du pouvoir sous les règnes de Charles II et de Louis XIV" in G. Sabatier, M. Torrione, ¿Louis XIV espagnol? Madrid et Versailles, images et modèles, Versailles, 2009, pp. 95-116, fig. III.2, III.3 and III.4.
A. Cucinello, ed., Capolavori della terra del mezzo: Opere d'arte dal medioevo al barocco, exh. cat., Naples, 2012, pp. 214-215, no. 68.
| Medium: | Alabaster, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Medium: | Alabaster, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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