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Lot 109
  • 109

Italian, Venice, 16th century

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • a gilt bronze figure of St. John the Baptist

Catalogue Note

Wixom notes seven variants of this model which he dates to the 16th century emanating from a Venetian workshop. All are based on the earlier Tuscan, probably Siena, model from the Milliken collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Another version of this bronze but with a lamb at his feet was sold in these rooms on the 22 April 1986 lot 105.

RELATED LITERATURE
W. Wixom, Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections, Cleveland Museum of Art (Ohio, 1975) no. 32