FOLLOWER OF JACOPO SANSOVINO, 16TH CENTURY

細節

A BRONZE GROUP OF THE VIRGIN, CHRIST AND THE INFANT ST. JOHN
FOLLOWER OF JACOPO SANSOVINO, 16TH CENTURY
The Virgin depicted standing, holding Christ in her left arm and with St. John at her side and a lamb behind her; on an integrally cast oval plinth bearing the signature 'JAC. SANSOVINI OPVS' on the front and inscribed in red on the reverse with the inventory number '259'; the group originally gilded, now with a later black lacquer through which much of the gilding is visible; on a modern spreading rectangular serpentine pietra nefritica o ponderia base; chips to base
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high; 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high, overall

來源

Purchased by Alfred (1853-1906) or Otto Beit (1865-1930) between 1904 and 1913.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.

出版

W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in thR Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 114, no. 259, as 'Jacopo Tatti, called Sansovino'

注意事項

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拍品專文

The composition of this bronze recalls the marble group of the Madonna and Child from the tomb of Galesio Nichesola, thought to have been executed by Sansovino in around 1532 (for a discussion of the monument see B. Boucher, The Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino, New Haven and London, 1991, pp. 322-323, no. 12, figs. 85-87). The general pose of the Virgin is identical and the Christ differs only in the positioning of the proper right arm. However, there is no St. John in the marble group, and details of the faces and drapery in the bronze are quite generalised by comparison. The author of the present lot was presumably aware of the Nichesola monument and was inspired to create his own more elaborate composition.