After a model attributed to Barthelemy Prieur (1536-c. 1611), French, Probably 17th century

Overall the condition of the bronze is good. There is some minor wear and dirt to the surface consistent with age including a few scratches to the proper right hand and the shoulderblades. There is a stable hairline fissure due to a casting flaw visible at the proper right calf. The condition of the base is good.
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The model for the present bronze is widely accepted to be by Barthélemy Prieur (see Avery, op. cit. p. 190.) A close comparison can be found in the figure sold in these rooms on 10 June 1969, lot 71, then attributed  to Camelio.

RELATED LITERATURE
V. Avery, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, ex. cat. Daniel Katz Ltd, London, 2002, pp. 188-191, no. 28; L. Camins, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, San Francisco 1988, pp.134-135 no.46; N. Penny, Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum-1540 to the present day, Oxford, 1992, Vol. II, pp.93-94, no. 324