Lot Essay
The present lot is a bronze reduction of a Hadrianic figure, itself a copy of a Greek prototype dating to around the 4th century BC, and housed in the Musei Capitolini, Rome.
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BY BENEDETTO BOSCHETTI (1820-1860), AFTER THE ANTIQUE, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Details
A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE YOUNG PAN
By Benedetto Boschetti (1820-1860), after the antique, first half 19th century
Depicted wearing a panther skin, holding a pipe in his left hand and resting on a tree stump; on an integral circular bronze plinth signed 'B. BOSCHETTI ROMA', and a cylindrical red and black marble base indistinctly inscribed to the upper surface.
Light brown patina; minor chips to base.
18¾ in. (47.7 cm.) high
26¼ in. (66.7 cm.) high, overall
By Benedetto Boschetti (1820-1860), after the antique, first half 19th century
Depicted wearing a panther skin, holding a pipe in his left hand and resting on a tree stump; on an integral circular bronze plinth signed 'B. BOSCHETTI ROMA', and a cylindrical red and black marble base indistinctly inscribed to the upper surface.
Light brown patina; minor chips to base.
18¾ in. (47.7 cm.) high
26¼ in. (66.7 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. 36.
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique - The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London, 1981, no. 36.
Special notice
This lot will be subject to VAT at the rate of 17.5% on the buyer's premium