ID 887735
Lot 216 | THE CESARINI VENUS
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO SUSINI (1558-1624), FROM A MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608), CIRCA 1585-1600
9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) high
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Fernand Adda (1890-1965).
His sale; Palais Galliera, Paris, 29 November-3 December 1965, lot 397, illustrated, as Venus après le bain.
Djanhanguir Riahi (1914-2014), acquired at the above sale.
By descent to his heirs.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 2014, lot 50.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. von Schlosser, Werke der Kleinplastik in der Skulpturensammlung des A. H. Kaiserhauses, Vienna, vol. 1, 1910, p. 10.
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, eds., Giambologna (1529-1608): Sculptor to the Medici, London, 1978, p. 62.
C. Avery, Giambologna: The Complete Sculpture, Frome, Somerset, 1987, pp. 97-107.
A. Radcliffe, Giambologna's Cesarini Venus, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., 1993, p. 15-16.
A. Radcliffe, 'Giambologna's "Venus" For Giangiorgio Cesarini: A Recantation,' La Scultura: Studi in Onore Di Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki, A. González-Palacios, vol. II, 1996, pp. 64.
S. Sturman, 'A Group of Giambologna Female Nudes: Analysis and Manufacture,' Small Bronzes in the Renaissance, New Haven and London, 1998, pp. 131, 133.
M. Leithe-Jasper and P. Wengraf, European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection, exh. cat. New York, 2004, pp. 146-157, no. 12.
W. Seipel, ed., Giambologna: Triumph des Körpers, exh. cat., Vienna, 2006, p. 198.
| Artist: | Antonio Susini (1558 - 1624) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
| Artist: | Antonio Susini (1558 - 1624) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
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