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FOLLOWER OF GIAMBOLOGNA, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS
FOLLOWER OF GIAMBOLOGNA, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Depicted standing and pulling a thorn from her foot; on an integrally cast bronze plinth and octagonal ebonised wood pedestal inscribed in red on the reverse with the inventory number '205'; blackish brown patina with light brown high points
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high, overall
FOLLOWER OF GIAMBOLOGNA, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Depicted standing and pulling a thorn from her foot; on an integrally cast bronze plinth and octagonal ebonised wood pedestal inscribed in red on the reverse with the inventory number '205'; blackish brown patina with light brown high points
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high; 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
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.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.
Literature
W. Bode, The Art Collection of Mr. Alfred Beit at His Residence 26 Park Lane London, Berlin, 1904, as 'Gian Bologna'.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 106, no. 205, as 'Gian Bologna'.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 106, no. 205, as 'Gian Bologna'.
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