AN ENGLISH MARBLE FIGURE OF A RECLINING PUTTO, the smiling child resting on his left arm and his hand holding onto drapery, his other hand lying on his folded right leg, 18th Century

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AN ENGLISH MARBLE FIGURE OF A RECLINING PUTTO, the smiling child resting on his left arm and his hand holding onto drapery, his other hand lying on his folded right leg, 18th Century
17½ x 24½in. (44.5 x 62.2cm.)

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
M. Whinney, Sculpture in Britain 1530-1830, London, 1964
J. Physick, Designs for English Sculpture 1680-1860, London, 1969, figs. 56, 62, 109 & 116

Lot Essay

This type of almond-eyed and Flemish-inspired putto relates closely to the work of the Flemish sculptors working in England in the 18th century: John Michael Rysbrack, Peter Scheemakers and Joseph Nollekens (op.cit.). The roughly-hatched reverse of this figure suggests that it was designed to be placed on a monument against a wall.

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