Live Auction 14432Noble & Private Collections Part II
A PAIR OF BRONZE GROUPS OF THE FURIETTI CENTAURS
Lot 526 PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION

A PAIR OF BRONZE GROUPS OF THE FURIETTI CENTAURS

ITALY, ROME, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed26 April 2017

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GBP 6,250

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A PAIR OF BRONZE GROUPS OF THE FURIETTI CENTAURS
ITALY, ROME, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each on modern wooden bases
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The 1st Century bronze originals of this pair of centaurs, which were themselves copies of a 2nd Century B.C. Hellenistic pair, were found together at Hadrian's villa in Tivoli by Monsignor Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti in 1736. After his death they were sold by the family and have been in the Capitoline Museums since.