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    • A BRONZE GROUP OF ALLEGORICAL
    Lot 608

    A BRONZE GROUP OF ALLEGORICAL FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF AUTUMN AND WINTER

    FOLLOWER OF GIUSEPPE PIAMONTINI, ITALIAN OR FLEMISH, MID 18TH CENTURY

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    GBP 5,000

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    GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000

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    A BRONZE GROUP OF ALLEGORICAL FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF AUTUMN AND WINTER
    FOLLOWER OF GIUSEPPE PIAMONTINI, ITALIAN OR FLEMISH, MID 18TH CENTURY
    On an integrally cast naturalistic base and a later, shaped ebonised wood plinth; dark brown patina with medium high points; a repair to Autumn's proper left arm
    11¾ in. (30 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high, overall

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    Lot Essay

    In terms of style and composition the present group bears some similarities to the group of Two Putti with a Goat by Giuseppe Piamontini, a bronze version of which is in the Palazzo Corsini, Rome (Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, Baroque Luxury Porcelain - The Manufactories of du Paquier in Vienna and of Carlo Ginori in Florence, 10 Nov. 2005 - 29 Jan. 2006, J. Kräftner ed., no. 308). The quality and finish of the present group of Autumn and Winter is, however, much more comparable to Gaspero Bruschi's porcelain interpretation of Piamontini's afore-mentioned group, an example of which is in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, Turin (ibid, no. 309.).

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