拍品 60
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A BRONZE GROUP OF ACTAEON DEVOURED BY HIS HOUNDS
A BRONZE GROUP OF ACTAEON DEVOURED BY HIS HOUNDS

ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO FANELLI (ACTIVE 1609-1665), SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF ACTAEON DEVOURED BY HIS HOUNDS
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO FANELLI (ACTIVE 1609-1665), SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
On an integrally cast naturalistic base.
Blackish brown patina with warm brown high areas; minor repair.
5 in. (13.4 cm.) high

拍品专文

Actaeon, a young prince, stumbled upon Diana and her companions while bathing in a pool in the forest. As punishment, Diana turned him into a stag whereupon he was attacked and devoured by his own hounds.
The present composition, one of the rarer models attributed to Fanelli, bears all the hallmarks of his style, particularly in the waxy treatment of the modelling. Another example is in the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. A.119-1910).