Lot 23
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BACCHUS
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BACCHUS

AFTER JACOPO SANSOVINO, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BACCHUS
After Jacopo Sansovino, late 17th or early 18th century
Depicted with the left arm raised holding a dish; with a bunch of grapes in the right hand; on a modern rectangular black marble plinth.
Warm dark brown patina with reddish brown high points.
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) high
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high, overall
Special notice
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

The present lot is one of a number of reduced bronze versions of Jacopo Sansovino's Bacchus dated to circa 1550 and housed in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. A number of these bronzes originated from the worshops of Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656-1714) such as an identically sized example sold in Christie's, London, 15 May 1984, lot 156.

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