AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

细节

A BRONZE WINGED FIGURE OF VICTORY
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
Depicted standing, classically dressed, with her arms raised above her head; dark greenish brown patina; minor chips to surface lacquer; minor losses
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

来源

Purchased by Alfred Beit (1853-1906) by 1904.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.

出版

W. Bode, The Art Collection of Mr. Alfred Beit at His Residence 26 Park Lane London, Berlin, 1904, as 'Unknown Italian artist of the 16th or 17th century'.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 118, no. 299, as 'Italian, XVII or XVIII century'.

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍场告示

Please note that since being photographed for the catalogue, the bronze has been mounted on a modern square ebonised wood base.

拍品专文

Another cast of this bronze was formerly in the collection of the German author and philosopher Goethe, who is said to have enjoyed studying it while eating and drinking. It is a variation of an antique prototype, at least one example of which is in the State Art Collections in Kassel. See V. Krahn, 'Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as a Collector of Bronzes', in Small Bronzes of the Renaissance, New Haven and London, 2001, D. pincus ed., pp. 223-245, fig. 6.