Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Property from a Private Collection
Italian, Venice, 16th century | The model attributed to Simone Bianco (1480/1490- after 1533) | Bust of a Man
Lot Closed
July 6, 02:06 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Italian, Venice, 16th century
The model attributed to Simone Bianco (1480/1490- after 1533)
Bust of a Man
bronze and mottled yellow marble, on a serpentine marble socle
inscribed indistinctly in red paint to the reverse: 1263 (?), and with a label to the underside of the socle inscribed: PK 36
35.5cm., 14in. overall
Private collection, Innsbruck, acquired from a Berlin art dealer circa 1950;
thence by descent to the present owner, private collection, Switzerland
thence by descent to the present owner, private collection, Switzerland
C. Kryza-Gersch, entry in A. Bacchi and L. Giacomelli (eds.), Rinascimento e passione per l’antico. Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo, exh. cat. Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trent, 2008, p. 312