A BRONZE FIGURE OF CHRIST AT THE COLUMN

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Details

A BRONZE FIGURE OF CHRIST AT THE COLUMN
WORKSHOP OF ANTONIO SUSINI, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

Dark brown patina, worn to reveal lighter brown surface; on an associated circular giltwood socle.
6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
W. von Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, no. 211
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Giambologna Sculptor to the Medici, C. Avery and A. Radcliffe eds., 5 October - 16 November 1978, p. 139, no. 96

Exhibited

Warsaw, Royal Castle, Opus Sacrum, 1990, pp. 308-310, no. 57

Lot Essay

There are a number of related bronze statuettes of this subject, generally associated with the circle of Giambologna. They include one formally in the Rhò Collection in Vienna (Avery and Radcliffe, oc. cit.), a second formerly in the Beit Collection (Bode, loc. cit.), and a third sold in these Rooms on 18 April 1989, as lot 133. This latter was tentatively attributed to Antonio Susini, and it is by analogy with it that the present bronze has been linked with his name.

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