Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Property from a British Private Collection
After Giambologna
Seated Bagpiper
Lot Closed
December 6, 01:31 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a British Private Collection
After Giambologna (1529 - 1608)
Italian, Florence, 17th century
Seated Bagpiper
bronze, on an ebonised wood base
bronze: 10cm., 4in.
base: 7cm., 2¾in.
With Cyril Humphris, London;
His sale, Sotheby's New York, 10 January 1995, lot 80;
Where acquired by the present owner
The earliest reference to the present model dates from 1611, when a Bagpiper was recorded to have been sent by Grand Duke Cosimo II de’ Medici to Prince Henry of Wales. It has been suggested that the pastoral motif is derived from an engraving of the subject by Albrecht Dürer, dated 1514. The gilt bronze cast in the Bargello, Florence is considered to be the prime version.
RELATED LITERATURE
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe (eds.), Giambologna 1529-1608. Sculptor to the Medici, exh. cat. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1978, nos. 135-136