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Two Italian bronze models of equestrian monuments
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Two Italian bronze models of equestrian monuments

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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Two Italian bronze models of equestrian monuments
Late 19th century
The Colleoni and Gattamelata monuments after Verrocchio and Donatello respectively, each mounted on pink marble platforms
25½in. (64.8cm.) high overall (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Bartolemmeo Colleoni of Bergamo left funds in his will for an equestrian monument for himself. The original, in the Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, was modelled by Verrochio in 1483 and finally cast after the artist's death by Alessandro Leopardi in 1496. The Gattamelata original stands beside S.Antonio in Padua. It was commissioned by the Venetian Republic to honour Erasmo de Narni (d. 1370.) The statue was completed in 1447. De Narni was only later given the soubriquet of Gattamelata.

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