Lot 70
70
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A GILT-TERRACOTTA OVAL RELIEF OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

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A GILT-TERRACOTTA OVAL RELIEF OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
BOLOGNESE, 18TH CENTURY, CIRCLE OF AGOSTINO CORSINI

With the families and babies struggling in agony against Herod's soldiers, a fortress looms in the distance (losses, one head missing)-25in. (62.5cm.) high, 19½in. (47cm.) wide
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
J. Pope-Hennessy, Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1964, Vol. II, cat. no. 705, p. 660 and Vol. III, pl. np. 695, p. 409

Lot Essay

Born in Bologna, Corsini (1688-1772) worked there, as well as in Rome (on the Trevi Fountain, 1735). This oval relief is attributed to him by comparison with the signed relief of the Worship of the Golden Calf in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Cf. J. Pope-Hennessy, Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1964, Vol II, cat. no. 705, p. 660 and Vol III, pl. no 695, p. 409.