A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES OF THE FARNESE CAPTIVES

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A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES OF THE FARNESE CAPTIVES
BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 1796

Each on a circular bronze plinth signed and dated 'F. RIGHETTI. F. ROMAE. 1796.', and a stepped black and white marble base.
Green patina worn to reveal brown areas.
12½in. (31.8cm.) high (2)

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique, New Haven and London, 1981, pp. 169-172, p. 343

Lot Essay

In Francesco Righetti's 1794 catalogue 'Aux amateurs de L'Antiquité et des Beaux Arts', the present pair of bronzes feature as 'Deux Esclaves de Farnese', and were available at a cost of 36 zecchini (Haskell and Penny,op. cit. p.343). The marble originals, which are first recorded in 1544, were in Palazzo Farnese by 1556, and are now in the Museo Nazionale in Naples.

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