Lot 208
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRONZE BUSTS OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS VITELLIUS AND GALBA
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRONZE BUSTS OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS VITELLIUS AND GALBA

LATE 16TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRONZE BUSTS OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS VITELLIUS AND GALBA
LATE 16TH CENTURY
One with a circular paper label to reverse 'A. Orsi Antichita. Milano. Bagutta. IV', the other with the remains of a paper label, Galba with a repair above the name cartouche
11½ in. (29 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Acquired from A. Orsi, Milan.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Frankfurt am Main, Liebieghaus Museum alter Plastik, Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, 5 Dec. 1985 - 2 Mar. 1986, p. 341, no 29.
A. M. Massinelli, Bronzetti e Anticaglie dalla Guardaroba di Cosimo I, Florence, 1991, pp. 96-99, figs. 81-83.
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Lot Essay

These busts are variants of the documented set of twelve busts executed by Willem Danielsz. von Tetrode (1525-1588) for Count Pitigliano. Ultimately, they were acquired by the Medici family and are today in the Uffizi, Florence (Massinelli, loc. cit.).

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