Lot 52
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN

AFTER FRANCOIS DUQUESNOY, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

Details
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A MAN
AFTER FRANCOIS DUQUESNOY, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
On an integrally cast plinth and set on a later marble base.
Dark brown patina with lighter high points; minor casting flaws; elements lacking.
11 in. (28 cm.) high, the figure
Literature
I. Toesca, 'A Group by Duquesnoy?', in The Burlington Magazine, CX VII, 1975, pp. 668-671, figs. 55-62.
Special notice
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.

Lot Essay

This bronze is derived from a statuette of an executioner displaying the head of St. John the Baptist, on a reliquary in San Giovanni Decollato, Rome, attributed by Toesca to Duquesnoy, with the support of Dr. Jennifer Montagu (loc. cit.).

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