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A 19th century bronze group of the Farnese Bull after the antique

9 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A 19th century bronze group of the Farnese Bull after the antique

the bull restrained by four figures, the naturalistic base cast with wild animals, 29cm wide, 29cm deep, 40cm high (11in wide, 11in deep, 15 1/2in high).

Footnotes

The present group is based on an original marble sculpture which was excavated from the Baths of Carcalla in 1545. The following year it was transferred to the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Subsequent to the restoration of the sculpture in the 1550s under the direction of Michaelangelo, it was repositioned in the palace courtyard for use as a fountain. In 1826 the 'Farnese Bull' group was exhibited publicly for the first time at the Museo Borbonico, which later became the Museo Nazionale in Naples.

Literature:
Ed. C. Avery, A. Radcliffe and M. Leithe-Jasper, Giambologna 1529–1608. Ein Wendepunkt der Europäischen Plastik, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1978 - 79, p. 262, nos. 180 and 181
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500–1900, New Haven and London, 1981.

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