A BRONZE GROUP OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO FANELLI (ACTIVE FROM CIRCA 1609), FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO FANELLI (ACTIVE FROM CIRCA 1609), FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
On a rectangular bronze plinth and a later ebonised wooden base.
Blackish-brown lacquer worn to reveal some areas of lighter greenish-brown surface; the scabbard and most of the spear lacking.
7.5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Pope-Hennessy, Essays in Italian Sculpture, London, 1968, pp. 167-171, figs. 193-5.

拍品專文

Francesco Fanelli was an Italian sculptor who came to England and entered the employ of Charles I. A limited amount is known about his work, and our knowledge today is based upon inventories and a few documented bronzes. Among the most important of these sources is an inventory of the collection of the Duke of Newcastle, who was one of Fanelli's most important patrons. Two compositions of St. George are noted in that document; the present bronze corresponds to the 'St. George combatant with the dragon', another example of which is in the Holbourne of Menstrie Museum, Bath (op. cit., p. 167 and fig. 193).