A BRONZE GROUP OF A PUTTO AND DOLPHIN

CAST AFTER A MODEL BY VERROCCHIO, 19TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF A PUTTO AND DOLPHIN
CAST AFTER A MODEL BY VERROCCHIO, 19TH CENTURY
On an integrally cast octagonal base.
Chocolate brown patina; the mouth of the dolphin drilled for a spout.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Lot Essay

This bronze is a reduction of the famous original by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488), commissioned by the Medici for their villa at Careggi. For a full discussion of its history, see Charles Seymour, Jr., The Sculpture of Verrocchio, London, 1971, pp. 54-57, figs. 46, 47, 49.

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