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FRENCH OR GERMAN, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A BRONZE MODEL OF A GREYHOUND
FRENCH OR GERMAN, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY
Depicted standing and looking upward; on a later rectangular green porfido verde egiziano plinth; warm medium brown patina with traces of a darker surface
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high; 5 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high, overall
FRENCH OR GERMAN, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY
Depicted standing and looking upward; on a later rectangular green porfido verde egiziano plinth; warm medium brown patina with traces of a darker surface
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high; 5 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Purchased by Alfred Beit (1853-1906) by 1904.
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, The Art Collection of Mr. Alfred Beit at His Residence 26 Park Lane London, Berlin, 1904, as 'School of Riccio'.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 112, no. 252, as 'Unknown Paduan artist'.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 112, no. 252, as 'Unknown Paduan artist'.
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