Circle of Francesco Bertos

Olive Dorothea Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (née Plunket);

Countess Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, until 1975;

The Trustees of the Olive, Countess Fitzwilliam Chattels Settlement;

Their sale, Christie's London, 8 July 1998, lot 51;

Private Collection;

Sotheby's London, 5 December 2012, lot 64;

Where acquired.

Stylistically these bronzes can be compared with bronze equestrian groups that form part of groups such as Eurytus and Hippodamia by Bertos. However, none of his bronze groups incorporate the central drapery support which is present in these groups. A further example of one of the groups was sold as part of the Cyril Humphris collection (Sotheby's New York, 10-11 January 1995, lot 109) and was there attributed to Francesco Fanelli.

RELATED LITERATURE

C. Avery, The Triumph of Motion: Francesco Bertos (1678-1741) and the Art of Sculpture. Catalogue Raisonné, Turin, 2008, pp. 239-243, no. 153