Lot 750
750
AN ITALIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A PUTTO AND DOLPHIN
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AN ITALIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A PUTTO AND DOLPHIN

18TH CENTURY

Details
AN ITALIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A PUTTO AND DOLPHIN
18TH CENTURY
On an integrally modelled square terracotta plinth and a later square pedestal.
47¼ in. (120 cm.) high
Provenance
Joseph Deckers, Morkhovenhof, Deurne
J. Van de Perre, Bergenhof, Zandhoven
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
C. Avery, Giambologna - The Complete Sculpture, Oxford, 1987, p. 256, no. 28, pl. 295
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 21% will be added to the buyer''s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The present lot in terracotta is compositionally very close to a pair of bronze Fishing boys by Giambologna (1529-1608), in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (illustrated in Avery, loc. cit.). Originally intended to adorn a fountain, these two and a third bronze, now lacking, were last recorded together in a Medici family inventory dating to 1667. The present lot certainly post-dates the bronze prototypes, and was probably made as decoration for a wealthy patron yearning to own a Giambologna-type model for his fashionable home.

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