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After Tiziano Aspetti (active 1565-1607) Italian, Venice, circa 1600
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- figure of Mars or Hercules
- bronze
- After Tiziano Aspetti (active 1565-1607) Italian, Venice, circa 1600
Condition
Standard casting flaws and cracks including small holes at arch of proper right foot, top of proper left foot, and back of proper right underarm, and minor cracks across ankles and back of proper right knee. Standard wear and surface abrasions/scratches.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
RELATED LITERATURE
Leo Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer de Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, p. 564, fig. 617
Charles Avery, La Spezia. Museo Civio Amedeo La Sculture...,Spezia, 1998, no. 103, pp. 170-172
Leo Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer de Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, p. 564, fig. 617
Charles Avery, La Spezia. Museo Civio Amedeo La Sculture...,Spezia, 1998, no. 103, pp. 170-172
A portrait of Aspetti (c. 1592) by Leandro Bassano is in the British Royal Collection and shows the sculptor holding a plaster model, nearly identical to the present model, in a similar but mirrored pose with one arm reaching over his shoulder.
A related bronze statuette of Hercules with a similar gesture and posture, holding the poisoned shirt of Nessus, is also in the British Royal Collection and another was in the Strauss Collection, Vienna, published by Planiscig in 1921 (op.cit., p. 564). The association to Aspetti was first made by Planiscig in discussing the Strauss bronze’s similarity to Aspetti's colossal figures of Hercules and Atlas in the Doges Palace, Venice.