BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
FRANCESCO FANELLI (1577- AFTER 1641) | RELIEF WITH ORPHEUS PLAYING TO THE ANIMALS
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July 9, 03:01 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
FRANCESCO FANELLI (1577- AFTER 1641)
ANGLO-ITALIAN, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
RELIEF WITH ORPHEUS PLAYING TO THE ANIMALS
bronze, in a fabric covered wood mount
with a label to the reverse inscribed: 420
bronze: 22.5cm., 8⅞in.
mount: 26 by 15cm., 10¼ by 6in.
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Robert von Hirsch (1883-1977), Basel, Switzerland;
his sale Sotheby's, London, 22nd June 1978, lot 368;
private collection, United Kingdom
A. Radcliffe and P. Thornton, 'John Evelyn's Cabinet', Connoisseur, April 1978
The Victoria and Albert Museum preserves three bronze versions of the present composition: another cast of the relief in the present form and shape (inv. no. A.4-1975); a rectangular variant mounted on the inside of the central door of the John Evelyn cabinet (inv. no. W.24:1 to 24-1977); and a horizontal rectangular version mounted on the so-called Mead Cabinet (inv. no. A.29-1959). It is likely therefore that the present bronze, which was formerly in the celebrated collection of Robert von Hirsch, was made in Fanelli's workshop for mounting on a similar cabinet. Representing Orpheus playing and singing to the animals, it is one of the sculptor's most attractive compositions.