Lot Essay
The present bronzes are loosely modelled on the Furietti Centaurs (Rome, Musei Capitolini). Thought to have been excavated by Monsignor Furietti in December 1736, at Hadrian's Villa.
Details
A pair of late 18th/early 19th century Italian bronze models, after the Antique, of the Furietti Centaurs -- 7½in. and 6¼in. (19.1cm. & 15.8cm.) high, respectively, on marmo giallo antico rectangular plinths. (2)
Literature
Haskell and Penny, Taste and the Antique, London, Yale University Press, 1981. Pages 178-9, see fig's. 91-2.