Lot 299
299
A BRONZE FIGURE OF NEPTUNE
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN (LOTS 294 - 299)
A BRONZE FIGURE OF NEPTUNE

ITALIAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF NEPTUNE
ITALIAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
With one arm raised aloft and almost certainly missing a trident, on an integrally cast naturalistic base and a Siena, black marble and porphyry pedestal base
13 in. (33 cm.) high; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) high, overall

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
P. Cros, Fondation Bemberg: Bronzes de la Renaissance Italienne, Toulouse, 1996, no. 54A.

The present bronze is a far larger and more complex version of the Neptune in the Fondation Bemberg.

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