A PAIR OF BRONZE BUSTS OF JUNO AND A TURK

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A PAIR OF BRONZE BUSTS OF JUNO AND A TURK
WORKSHOP OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA FOGGINNI, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Each on a circular bronze socle and later grey marble plinth.
Brown patina with traces of golden lacquer; minor chips to plinths.
6 5/8 and 6½in. (16.8 and 16.5cm.) high (2)

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Florentine and Baroque Bronzes and Other Objects of Art, 1975, pp. 22-25

Lot Essay

The present pair of busts have been attributed to Foggini (1652-1725) on the basis of their similarity to documented works. In particular, the facial type of the Turk can be compared with the faces of Pluto and Boreas in the pendant groups The Rape of Proserpina by Pluto, and The Rape of Orithyia by Boreas, first mentioned in an exhibition catalogue of 1729 (Toronto, loc. cit).

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