Lot 73
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A BRONZE MODEL OF ONE OF THE HORSES OF SAN MARCO
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A BRONZE MODEL OF ONE OF THE HORSES OF SAN MARCO

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

Details
A BRONZE MODEL OF ONE OF THE HORSES OF SAN MARCO
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
On a later Boulle-work plinth.
Dark brown patina with lighter high areas; minor damages to plinth.
7½ in. (19.1 cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique, London, 1981, no. 49.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The three gilt-bronze horses of lifesize proportions on the Basilica of San Marco, Venice, are the model for numerous similar reproductions in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their turbulent existence has seen them move to cities as wide ranging as Paris, Constantinople and now Venice, where they embody victory and the mastery of bronze sculpture (Haskel and Penny, loc. cit.).

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