A BRONZE MODEL OF A NAKED BOY

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A BRONZE MODEL OF A NAKED BOY
FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY

On a square bronze plinth and white marble base.
Dark reddish-brown patina worn to reveal greenish-brown areas.
7 5/8in. (19.3cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
W. Bode, Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen, II, Berlin, 1904, pp. 5-6
W. Bode, The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, rev. and ed. by J.D. Draper, New York, 1980, p. 101, pl. CLIII

Lot Essay

Another version of the present bronze is to be found in the Dahlem Museum in Berlin, with minor differences of detail. In the catalogue of 1904 Bode describe it as 'Florentine, first half 16th century' (Bode, loc.cit.), although in the revised version of Bode's work of 1907 James Draper moves the date forward to 'late 16th or early 17th century' (Bode, 1980, loc.cit.). The facture of the present bronze, with its fine attention to detail and reddish-brown patina, would suggest an 18th century French origin.

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