Old Master Sculpture & Early Jewels
Old Master Sculpture & Early Jewels
Circle of Alessandro Vittoria (1525-1608) | Italian, Venice, early 17th century | The Evangelists John and Matthew
Lot Closed
December 7, 03:49 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Circle of Alessandro Vittoria (1525-1608)
Italian, Venice, early 17th century
The Evangelists John and Matthew
bronze, on bronze bases
each base inscribed: F. F. P. MDCXI, and respectively incised: II and III
32.5cm., 12¾in. and 33cm., 13in.
Cyril Humphris, London;
Sotheby's New York, 29 January 2010, lot 404
Sotheby's New York, 29 January 2010, lot 404
The facial types, poses, and the style of the drapery on this pair of bronzes are analogous to Vittoria's figure of Winter (circa 1585) in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (see Bacchi, op. cit., no. 81) and the group of four Evangelists (particularly the John and Mark) now in the Capodimonte, Naples (Kryza-Gersch, op. cit., fig. 224). The letters FFP on each of the bases may refer to the patron who commissioned the figures.
RELATED LITERATURE
C. Kryza-Gersch, 'New Light on Nicolò Roccatagliata and his son Sebastian Nicolini', Nuovi Studi, vol. 5, 1998, anno III, pp. 111-126 and pls. 192-230; Bacchi et. al., 1999, pp. 360-363; A. Bacchi et al., "La bellissima maniera": Alessandro Vittoria e la scultura veneta del Cinquecento, Trento, 1999
RELATED LITERATURE
C. Kryza-Gersch, 'New Light on Nicolò Roccatagliata and his son Sebastian Nicolini', Nuovi Studi, vol. 5, 1998, anno III, pp. 111-126 and pls. 192-230; Bacchi et. al., 1999, pp. 360-363; A. Bacchi et al., "La bellissima maniera": Alessandro Vittoria e la scultura veneta del Cinquecento, Trento, 1999