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NORTH ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A FEMALE DANCER
NORTH ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
Depicted classically dressed; with her legs crossed and her right hand raised aloft; on a later square french red marble pedestal inscribed in red to the reverse with the inventory number '256' and with the remains of a circular gold label indistinctly inscribed 'THE BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS' AS...ION ....S OLD'; blackish brown patina with medium brown high points; chips to pedestal
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high; 11 5/8 in. (29.6 cm.) high, overall
NORTH ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
Depicted classically dressed; with her legs crossed and her right hand raised aloft; on a later square french red marble pedestal inscribed in red to the reverse with the inventory number '256' and with the remains of a circular gold label indistinctly inscribed 'THE BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS' AS...ION ....S OLD'; blackish brown patina with medium brown high points; chips to pedestal
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high; 11 5/8 in. (29.6 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Purchased by Alfred (1853-1906) or Otto Beit (1865-1930) between 1904 and 1913.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.
Literature
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 113, no. 256, as 'Maffeo Olivieri'.
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