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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF AMBASSADOR J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II, RHODE ISLAND (LOTS 203, 216, 222-224)
CIRCLE OF MICHELANGELO, FLORENCE, MID-16TH CENTURY
Adam
Details
CIRCLE OF MICHELANGELO, FLORENCE, MID-16TH CENTURY
Adam
bronze figure
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
Adam
bronze figure
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Alfred Beit, London, by 1904,
By inheritance to his brother, Otto John Beit, 1st Baronet, 1924,
By descent to his son, Sir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Baronet,
By inheritance to his widow, Lady Clementine Mabell Kitty Beit (née Mitford).
Donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation, 2005.
Christie's London, 7 December 2006, lot 155.
Sotheby's London, 5 December 2012 ($63,000).
By inheritance to his brother, Otto John Beit, 1st Baronet, 1924,
By descent to his son, Sir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Baronet,
By inheritance to his widow, Lady Clementine Mabell Kitty Beit (née Mitford).
Donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation, 2005.
Christie's London, 7 December 2006, lot 155.
Sotheby's London, 5 December 2012 ($63,000).
Literature
W. Bode, The Art Collection of Mr. Alfred Beit at His Residence 25 Park Lane London, Berlin, 1904 (as Benvenuto Cellini).
W. Bode, The Italian bronze statuettes of the Renaissance. vol III., 1912, p. 23, pl. CCLVII.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 108, no. 217.
W. Bode, The Italian bronze statuettes of the Renaissance, rev. ed. by James D. Draper, 1980, p. 83, and 110, pl. CCLVII.
W. Bode, The Italian bronze statuettes of the Renaissance. vol III., 1912, p. 23, pl. CCLVII.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 108, no. 217.
W. Bode, The Italian bronze statuettes of the Renaissance, rev. ed. by James D. Draper, 1980, p. 83, and 110, pl. CCLVII.
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Lucy Speelman
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