A GEORGE II STYLE SIENA AND WHITE MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE

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A GEORGE II STYLE SIENA AND WHITE MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE
19TH CENTURY

The breakfronted shelf above a central tablet depicting putti at play with a goat flanked by scrolling acanthus terminating in eagles' heads, the voluted sides with floral garlands and pendant floral sprays, with inner egg-and-dart rim- 70½in.(179cm.) high, 93in.(236cm.) wide overall; aperture: 49in.(124cm.) high, 52in.(132cm.) wide

來源

Warren & Wetmore, New York
Mrs. W.A.M. Burden
Columbia University
Edwin Jackson

拍品專文

The central tablet is after a marble relief by Francois Duquesnoy in the Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome. The subject is after ancient Roman sarcophagus reliefs and was copied widely in France during the 18th century by sculptors such as Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738-1814). A very similar chimneypiece was sold Christie's Wrotham Park, 22 May 1990, lot 132.