THE COLLECTION OF ALEXANDER WESTERHOFF AND THOMAS LANG, SOLITUDE, MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, MASSACHUSETTS (LOTS 158-166)

A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF THE DANCING FAUN

ITALIAN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 19TH CENTURY

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A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF THE DANCING FAUN
ITALIAN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 19TH CENTURY
On an integrally-carved base and modern white marble pedestal, the reverse largely unfinished
57 in. (145 cm.) high, statue only; 30 in. (76 cm.) high, 22 in. (56 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56 cm.) deep, pedestal only

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Lot Essay

The Dancing Faun, like the Venus de' Medici with which it was so often paired, was housed in the Tribuna of the Uffizi and was considered to be one of the most beautiful marble sculptures remaining from antiquity, a reputation which it continues to enjoy today. It was first recorded with certainty in a book published by the son of the painter Rubens in 1665, at which time it was already in the Medici collections, and by 1688 it had been moved to its present location.

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