Master Paintings and Sculpture Part II

Master Paintings and Sculpture Part II

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Property of a Private Collector

Italian, Venice, 17th century

Mars

No reserve

Auction Closed

January 27, 09:38 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Private Collector, Sold without reserve

Italian, Venice, 17th century 

Mars


bronze

height, including ebonized wood base 12 in.; 33.2cm.

With Tomasso Gallery, London;
Their sale, Sotheby's London, 29 April 2021, lot 31.
Compare this cast with a figure of Mercury attributed to Tiziano Aspetti (1559-1606) in H. R. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten, Braunschweig, 1967, fig. 193, as well as another Mercury attributed to Aspetti offered at Sotheby's London on 9 July 1992 as lot 112.