Lot Essay
See also note to lot 81.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLORENTINE GRAND DUCAL WORKSHOPS, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, CIRCA 1722
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A GREY-PAINTED PLASTER BUST OF GETA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLORENTINE GRAND DUCAL WORKSHOPS, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, CIRCA 1722
Depicted with drapery around the shoulders; on an integrally cast moulded rectangular plinth, with paper label to the front indistinctly inscribed 'Young Augustus' and paper label to the reverse inscribed 'no. 8'; surface dirt, minor chips and damages, section missing from reverse of plinth
23 in. (58.5 cm) high, overall
ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLORENTINE GRAND DUCAL WORKSHOPS, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, CIRCA 1722
Depicted with drapery around the shoulders; on an integrally cast moulded rectangular plinth, with paper label to the front indistinctly inscribed 'Young Augustus' and paper label to the reverse inscribed 'no. 8'; surface dirt, minor chips and damages, section missing from reverse of plinth
23 in. (58.5 cm) high, overall
Provenance
One of the 35 'casts in jess' acquired by Thomas, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, described in a letter written by Lord Parker in Florence in January 1722.
Thence by descent at Shirburn Castle.
Thence by descent at Shirburn Castle.
Literature
T. P. Connor, 'The fruits of a Grand Tour - Edward Wright and Lord Parker in Italy, 1720-22', in Apollo, July 1998, pp. 23-30.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G. Mansuelli, Galleria degli Uffizi - Le Sculture, Rome, 1961, II, no. 39.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G. Mansuelli, Galleria degli Uffizi - Le Sculture, Rome, 1961, II, no. 39.
Special notice
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