Italian School, early 18th century: A carved marble bust of Mars possibly attributable to Giovanni Baratta (1670-1747) (2) image 1

Lot 88^TP

Italian School, early 18th century: A carved marble bust of Mars
possibly attributable to Giovanni Baratta (1670-1747)

Fine Decorative Arts, 1200-1900

18 December 2020, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £27,750 inc. premium

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Italian School, early 18th century: A carved marble bust of Mars

possibly attributable to Giovanni Baratta (1670-1747)
looking slightly to dexter, the moustachioed god wearing a helmet with grotesque mask head and plume, his shoulders clad in drapery, his right shoulder with lions mask, raised on rectangular waisted socle, the bust 93.5cm high, together with a modern marble column plinth 97.5cm high 191cm overall. (2)

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Provenance

Formerly the property of the Duke of Aveyro, thence by descent
El Retiro, Churriana, Málaga Spain

Given that the present lot has a near provenance similar to bust of Venus, lot 87, with the exception that the bust of Mars is always thought to have been displayed in the house in the staircase hall and not the garden, it is plausible that this bust may also be attributable to the hand of Giovanni Baratta (Italian, 1670-1747) and may have come to the villa as a pair, via the source of the previous lot. In addition the subject of Mars used in a pair of relief carved medallion plaques of Minerva and Mars which he created together with a group of sculpture and architectural elements for the Royal Palace of La Granja de San ildefonso in Segovia, Spain.

Related Literature
El Retiro, Inventario, 6th May 1966, Listed on the main Staircase, No. 92 'A Warrior in a cuirass and helmet as well as a mask on his shoulder' which is presumably the bust of Mars.

Please see footnote on lot 87 for additional information on this lot.

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