The Collection of Count and Countess Volpi di Misurata – Palazzo Volpi Unveiled
The Collection of Count and Countess Volpi di Misurata – Palazzo Volpi Unveiled
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February 28, 08:32 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 100,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
An Italian carved giltwood console table, Rome, third quarter 18th century
the gilt-bronze mounted verde antico veneered marble top above a Mercury mask and on four legs shaped as winged lion monopodia, joined by a X-form stretcher centred by a carved eagle
Height. 36 ¼ in, width. 69 ⅞ in, depth. 35 in
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Table console en bois doré, travail italien, Rome, troisième quart du XVIIIe siècle
la galerie ajourée de têtes de Mercure, sur quatre pieds ornés de lions ailés, reliés par une entretoise en x surmontée d'un aigle, dessus de placage de marbre verde antico bordé de bronze doré
Haut. 92 cm, larg. 177,5 cm, prof. 89 cm
Principi Borghese, at Palazzo Borghese, Rome until 1892; Sold Rome, 9 April 1892, Catalogue des Objets d’Art et d’Ameublement qui garnissent le Grand Apartment au Premier Etage du Palais du Pince Borghese ‘a Rome, Mm. Giacomini & Capobianchi, lots 601-604.
RELATED LITERATURE
Alvar González-Palacios, l Patrimonio artistico del Quirinale, I Mobili Italiani, Milan, BNL, 1996, pl. 49, p. 170-174.
Pompeo Batoni. L’Europa delle Corti del Grand Tour, exh. cat. curated by L. Barroero, F. Mazzocca, Lucca, Palazzo Ducale, 2008, nr. 92, p.367.
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