ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO ZOFFOLI (1731-1785), LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF BRONZE PACING PANTHERS
Attributed to Giacomo Zoffoli (1731-1785), late 18th or early 19th century
Each on a later ebonised and moulded rectangular wood plinth.
Greenish brown patina.
7½ in (19 cm.) high, each
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high, overall (2)

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
H.R. Weinhrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten 15.-18.Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1967, p. 432.
J. G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues - Sculpture, London, 1931, Plate 29, No. S 71.

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Lot Essay

The present model is closely related to a number of bronze panthers thought to have originated in Paduan workshops in the first quarter of the 16th century, and further adapted in the mid-18th century by Giacomo Zoffoli. The current example is extremely close to Zoffoli's panther illustrated in Weihrauch (loc. cit.); the only variation is that the tail of the present model is docked.

A further example can also be seen in the Wallace collection, London (see Mann, loc. cit.).

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