A SOUTH GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN WHITE PAINTED AND PARCEL GILTWOOD PUTTO, MID 18TH CENTURY

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A SOUTH GERMAN OR AUSTRIAN WHITE PAINTED AND PARCEL GILTWOOD PUTTO, MID 18TH CENTURY
POSSIBLY FROM THE WORKSHOPS OF IGNAZ GUNTHER, SHOWN STANDING, ARMS GESTICULATING -- 39½IN. (100.5CM) HIGH; ON A MODERN PEDASTAL -- 71½IN. (181.5CM) HIGH, OVERALL

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. All lots sold not cleared by 1.00p.m. on the Thursday following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of: Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road London W12 7JS Telephone: 44 (0)20 8753 3700 Facsimile: 44 (0)20 8753 3701 Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate on the Friday following the sale and every weekday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE TO PURCHASERS WHO COLLECT THEIR LOTS WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE. On the Thursday one week after the sale, a transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.

Lot Essay

THE PRESENT FIGURE WITH ITS VIVID SENSE OF MOVEMENT, IS TYPICAL OF THE WORK OF ARTISTS WORKING IN SOUTH GERMANY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY. THE CONTRAPOSTO STANCE AND SWIRLING DRAPERY, AS WELL AS FACIAL EXPRESSION OF THE PUTTO, IS REMINISCENT OF THE WORK OF THE CELEBRATED IGNAZ GUNTHER (1725-1775), WHO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAVARIAN ROCOCO AFTER HE SETTLED IN MUNICH IN 1753 UNTIL HIS DEATH.

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