EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY CARIGNANO (1663-1736)

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ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY CARIGNANO (1663-1736)
Lead group; with a dark patina; on an ebonised wood waisted bowed base, the fetlocks fractured, the sculpture will not stand without additional support
31½ in. (80 cm.) high, overall; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) wide

Provenance

Probably Prince Eugene of Savoy Carignano (1663-1736) and by descent.

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Lot Essay

Prince Eugene Savoy–Carignano was a member of the House of Savoy, Generalfeldmarschall of the Imperial Army and statesman of the Holy Roman Empire and the Archduchy of Austria. He was one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history, rising to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna, and one of the great patrons of the arts whose building legacy can still be seen in Vienna today.

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