BY TOMMASO RUES (1636-1703), VENICE, CIRCA 1682

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A MARBLE RELIEF DEPICTING THE RETURN OF JEPHTHA
BY TOMMASO RUES (1636-1703), VENICE, CIRCA 1682
In a later polychrome wood frame; reverse of frame with an extensive inscription
18 7/8 x 13 1/8 in. (47.8 x 33.4 cm.), the relief

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
M. Clemente, Tommaso Rues: 1636-1703 : a German Sculptor in Baroque Venice : Hercules and Antaeus, 2016.

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Lot Essay

Tommaso Rues was a German sculptor, born in South Tyrol, who became one of the most significant artists working in Venice in the second half of the seventeenth century. The present relief shares very close stylistic similarities to the artist's documented work, in particular a marble relief of Christ and the Veronica (1582) carved for the high altar at Il Redentore, Venice, with a comparable architectural backdrop and characterisation of the faces, betraying Rues' Germanic upbringing. Rues earned commissions from significant patrons at home in Venice and from dignitaries abroad, including the future Doge Francesco Morosini, the Dukes of Saxony and the Prince of Radziwill.

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