A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF NESSUS AND DEIANIRA

EARLY 18TH CENTURY, AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF NESSUS AND DEIANIRA
Early 18th Century, After Giambologna
16 3/8in. (41.7cm.) high, on a white marble and porphyry plinth

來源

With Maurice Segoura, Paris
Mrs. John Schorscher,
Sold in these Rooms, 15 October 1988, lot 161

拍品專文

Comparative Literature:
H.R. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten 15.-18.Jahrhundert, Braunschweig, 1967, p. 216, fig. 262
J.G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues: Sculpture, London, 1981, pp. 43-44, fig. S114, S117
C. Avery, Giambologna: The Complete Sculptor, Oxford, 1987, pp. 144-145, 263-264, cat. nos. 90-92

Giambologna designed three principal variations of bronze statuettes depicting the theme of the centaur Nessus carrying off Deianira, the wife of Hercules. The present model was conceived by Giambologna is the autumn of 1575 for his patrons the Salviati family. It conforms to his Type B which represents Deianira is a horizontal attitude and shows Nessus looking down at her. Judging from the fine chasing and rich reddish color, it appears to be French rather than Italian, and to date from the early eighteenth century. Examples of this type are found in the Wallace Collection, London and the E. Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino, CA.