Lot 137
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF ARIADNE
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF ARIADNE

BY BENEDETTO BOSCHETTI (1820-1860), AFTER THE ANTIQUE, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF ARIADNE
By Benedetto Boschetti (1820-1860), after the antique, first half 19th century
Depicted reclinging on a rocky mound; signed to the base 'B. BOSCHETTI. ROMA'; on a black and green rectangular marble base.
Light brown patina; very minor chips to plinth.
16¼ in (41.2 cm.) high
23 in. (58.4 cm.) high, overall
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Haskell and N. Penny Taste and the Antique - The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London, 1981, no. 24.
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Lot Essay

The present lot is a bronze reduction of a late Hadrianic marble, itself a copy of a Pergamene school figure dating to the second century BC, that is housed in the Musei Vaticani, Rome. In the modern era, the identity of the sitter has been a mystery although suggestions have ranged from Cleopatra, to Ariadne and Dido.

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