Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
After Francesco Fanelli (1577 - after 1642), Probably Southern German, 17th century | Pacing Horse
Lot Closed
December 5, 03:51 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
After Francesco Fanelli (1577 - after 1642)
Probably Southern German, 17th century
Pacing Horse
gilt bronze, on an ebonised wood base
bronze: 15.5 by 16.5cm., 6 1/8 by 6½in.
base: 8.5 by 14.5cm., 3 3/8 by 5¾in.
Private collection, Italy
Derived from Fanelli's model of a pacing horse, the present bronze exhibits a stippled surface treatment that is characteristic of late 16th and 17th-century bronzes made in Augsburg. Compare the Animals from a fountain of circa 1570-1590 in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig (op. cit., nos. 167-181) and the Leaping Unicorn by Hans Reisinger in the Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden (inv. no. IX 51).
RELATED LITERATURE
J. Pope-Hennessy, 'Some Bronze Statuettes by Francesco Fanelli', in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 95, 1953, pp. 156-162, fig. 6; U. Berger and V. Krahn, Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, cat. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, 1994
RELATED LITERATURE
J. Pope-Hennessy, 'Some Bronze Statuettes by Francesco Fanelli', in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 95, 1953, pp. 156-162, fig. 6; U. Berger and V. Krahn, Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, cat. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, 1994