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Property from an Important Private Collection

Italian, Venice, 17th century

Minerva

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from an Important Private Collection


Italian, Venice, 17th century

Minerva


bronze, on a mottled brown marble base

bronze: 37cm., 14½in.

base: 4cm., 1½in.

Sotheby's, Paris, 20 April 2012, lot 23;

Where acquired.

The present model appears to be derived from the central figure in a bronze relief of Venice Triumphant in the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, which has been attributed to Nicolò Roccatagliata and his son, Sebastiano Nicolini (see C. Kryza-Gersch, 'Due altari seicenteschi a San Marco: Nicolò Roccatagliata e Sebastiano Nicolini, e la produzione di ornamenti in bronzo per le chiese veneziane', in M. Ceriana and V. Avery (eds.), L’industria artistica del bronzo del Rinascimento a Venezia e nell’Italia settentrionale, Verona, 2008, pp. 253–272, fig. 22).