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Lot Essay
This bronze is a second version of a model known in only one other cast. That bronze was published in the catalogue of the David Daniels Collection in 1979 (loc. cit.), and was later sold at auction (Sotheby's 20 April 1989, lot 61, £48,000).
The model was formerly thought to be Florentine, and was associated with the work of Giovanni Battista Foggini, however by the time of the Daniels exhibition it was described as French, largely, but not exclusively, on the basis of its facture. It can be compared to the work of artists active in France at the end of the seventeenth century such as François Lespingola (1644-1705), and almost certainly formed part of a series of four figures representing the Four Elements.
This lot is sold with a metal analysis from the Brussels Art Laboratory.
The model was formerly thought to be Florentine, and was associated with the work of Giovanni Battista Foggini, however by the time of the Daniels exhibition it was described as French, largely, but not exclusively, on the basis of its facture. It can be compared to the work of artists active in France at the end of the seventeenth century such as François Lespingola (1644-1705), and almost certainly formed part of a series of four figures representing the Four Elements.
This lot is sold with a metal analysis from the Brussels Art Laboratory.