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Lot Essay
The present model is known in another version that was in the collection of Hubert de Givenchy and was sold at Christie's Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 15 (FF 610,000).
Both bronzes are based upon the ancient Herculaneum Quadriga Horse that was found and reconstructed by sculptor Paderni Camillo after Charles VII of Naples had ordered a search of the remains at Herculaneum in 1739. Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed along with Pompeii with the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The Quadriga Horse, which was originally part of an enormous four-horse chariot, is now in the National Archeologic Museum of Naples.
Both bronzes are based upon the ancient Herculaneum Quadriga Horse that was found and reconstructed by sculptor Paderni Camillo after Charles VII of Naples had ordered a search of the remains at Herculaneum in 1739. Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed along with Pompeii with the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The Quadriga Horse, which was originally part of an enormous four-horse chariot, is now in the National Archeologic Museum of Naples.