ITALIAN, CIRCA 1820-30

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A CARVED MARBLE FIGURE OF THETIS
ITALIAN, CIRCA 1820-30
Depicted crouching, with reeds in her hair, a seashell in her left hand and pouring water from a jug in her right hand; on an integrally carved naturalistic base and a later painted oval wood pedestal with rotating upper platform.
Chips and minor losses.
41¾ in. (106 cm.) high
75½ in. (191.8 cm.) high, overall

Provenance

Almost certainly Francesco Giacomo Larderel, Count of Montecerboli (1789-1858).
Purchased by the family of the vendor at a sale of works of art from the Palazzo Larderel, Livorno, circa 1970.

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Lot Essay

Thetis was a sea-nymph and the mother of Achilles, and her marriage to the hero Peleus, attended by the inhabitants of Mount Olympus, is often depicted in art as the Banquet of the Gods. It was during the celebrations of this wedding that Eris, the goddess of strife, threw down the golden apple which would ultimately lead to the Trojan War.

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