ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO MONTAUTI (FLORENCE 1686 - 1740), EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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£ 20 160
Date de l'enchèreClassic
08.12.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Royaume-Uni, London
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ID 1093539
Lot 164 | ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO MONTAUTI (FLORENCE 1686 - 1740), EARLY 18TH CENTURY
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO MONTAUTI (FLORENCE 1686 - 1740), EARLY 18TH CENTURY

A portrait of Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512)

oval plaster relief; the figure depicted holding a pair of compasses and a scrolling piece of parchment inscribed '[A]MERICA'; in a polychrome wood frame inscribed 'AMERIGO /....'

44 1⁄8 x 36 5⁄8 in. (112 x 93 cm.), overall





Provenance

With Altomani & Sons, Milan,

acquired from the above by the current owner at TEFAF, Maastricht circa 2015.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

R. Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy: 1600 to 1750, Baltimore, 1953, p. 393, no. 32.

K. Lankheit, Florentinishce Barockplastik- Die Kunst am Hofe der letzten Medici 1670-1743, Munich, 1962, p. 376, fig. 140.

A. Nava Cellini, La scultura del Seicento, Turin, 1982, p. 161.

G. Pratesi, Repertorio della Scultura Fiorentina del Seicento e Settecento, Turin, 1993, I, pp. 52, 55-56, 94, II, figs. 342-357, Ill, figs. 438-439.

F. Berti, ed., Firenze e gli ultimi Medici: The Haukohl Family Collection, Milan, 2018, p. 232.
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