FRENCH OR ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY AFTER THE ANTIQUE | CALLIPYGIAN VENUS

Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE

FRENCH OR ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY

AFTER THE ANTIQUE

CALLIPYGIAN VENUS

bronze, on an ebonised wood base with gilt metal mounts

bronze: 24.5cm., 9⅝in.

base: 10cm., 4in.

Probably acquired by Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim (1732-1804)

Inventory, 26th September 1807, probably one of the '12 bronze figures groups over bookcases' in the Library;

Inventory, 10th February 1812, probably one of the 'Seven Bronze figurines upon one Bookcase, five Bronze figurines...upon the other' in the Library;

Inventory, April 1830, ditto;

Inventory, 27th June 1836, probably one of the ‘bronze figures copies from the antique all brought from Rome by Robert Earl of Leitrim' in the Library;

The Knight of Glin and James Peill, The Irish Country House, China, 2010, p. 136