Master Sculpture & Works of Art

Master Sculpture & Works of Art

Property of a Northern European Private Collector

Workshop of Benedetto Buglioni (Florence 1459 - 1521), Italian, Florence, first quarter 16th century

Pair of Standing Angels

Auction Closed

February 7, 08:37 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Northern European Private Collector

Workshop of Benedetto Buglioni (Florence 1459 - 1521)

Italian, Florence, first quarter 16th century

Pair of Standing Angels


glazed terracotta

heights: 37 ⅜ in. and 39 in.; 95 cm and 100 cm

Benedetto Buglioni was a pupil of Andrea Verrocchio and became the director of the only rival workshop to the Della Robbia that produced glazed terracotta sculpture in Florence in the 16th century. These charming figures of candle-bearing angels are modelled with a clear debt to the Della Robbia style but the unglazed portions (the head, hands and feet) and some of specific colors used by the sculptor are comparable to other kneeling angels ascribed to Benedetto Buglioni by Giancarlo Gentilini, particularly a pair of kneeling angels from the Spinelli collection, Florence.1


1G. Gentillini, op. cit., 1998, p. 353


RELATED LITERATURE

G. Gentilini (cir.), I Della Robbia e L'arte nuova' della scultura invetriata, exhibition catalogue, Basilica di Sant'Alessandro, Fiesole, 29 May – 1 November 1998;

M. Bormand, J.R. Gaborit, Les Della Robbia. Sculptures en terre cuite émaillée de la Renaissance italienne, Paris, 2002, pp. 64-68.

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