17TH CENTURY, NORTH ITALIAN OR SOUTH GERMAN, ONE MODEL AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA

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A PAIR OF BRONZE MODELS OF HORSES
17TH CENTURY, NORTH ITALIAN OR SOUTH GERMAN, ONE MODEL AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA
One pacing, the other rearing, each on later rectangular siena marble plinth; blackish brown patina with warm medium brown high points
9½ and 10¾ in. (24.2 and 27.3 cm.) high; 10¾ and 12¼ in. (27.4 and 31.1 cm.) high, overall (2)

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Lot Essay

The present model of the pacing horse is based upon one of Giambologna's most popular bronzes, reproduced by his own workshop and by numerous other foundries thoughout the centuries. That model is ultimately derived from the spectacular monument to Cosimo I de' Medici on horseback in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence (see C. Avery, Giambologna - The Complete Sculpture, Oxford, 1987, pp. 157-161, figs. 162 and 164). The rearing horse is probably an original invention of the artist responsible for the present pair, invented as a pendant to the pacing horse.

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