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Lot 1054
AFTER BARTHELEMY PRIEUR (c.1536-1611) Lion devouring a Doe, cast and gilt bronze, 4.75" high, 10" wide.See illustration This Bronze closely resembles a sculpture 'Lion devouring a Doe' by Barthelemy Prieur, a larger example being in the Frick collection in New York. With a clear debt to Giambologna's work, in particular Lion attacking a horse, the stylised facial expression and 'wig-like' mane are apparent on a small group of bronzes of lions attributed to Prieur that can be found in a number of important collections including the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in Madrid and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Prieur was one of the most successful and prolific makers of bronzes of his generation with many fine works attributed to him today. Apparently at his death a large number of small bronzes remained in his workshop. Provenance: Private collection Somerset.
Lot 1055
ITALIAN SCHOOL, A BRONZE SCULPTURE OF "SEATED MERCURY", weathered green verdigris patina, seated on a naturalistic marble base, reproduction of the antique bronze, cast circa 1900, probably in Naples, 48" high, on a veined white marble naturalistic base, the base 30" x 44" The "Seated Mercury" was discovered on 3rd August 1757 at Herculaneum in the Peristyle of the Villa dei Papiri and kept in the Royal Palace of Portici. Although it was possibly among the antiquities removed to Palermo in December 1798 to escape the French, it was recorded at Portici again in 1816. In 1943 it was removed to Monte Cassino to escape the Germans, who, however, captured it and took it to Germany. In transit it was damaged and the head had to be extensively restored after it's return to Naples in 1947. the original is currently on display at the Museo Nazionale, in Naples Provenance: Fota Island, Co. Cork, Ireland The Property of a Gentleman, Private Collection, Somerset
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