Live Auction 7608Important European Furniture and Sculpture
A CARVED MARBLE MODEL OF A LEAPING DEER
Lot 149

A CARVED MARBLE MODEL OF A LEAPING DEER

ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY

Closed10 July 2008

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GBP 10,625

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A CARVED MARBLE MODEL OF A LEAPING DEER
ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY
Depicted on his hind legs and jumping over a stream and a bush with an intertwined serpent; on an integrally carved naturalistic base with tree-trunk support; the antlers lacking, further very minor chips
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.7 cm.) long

Specialist note

In terms of composition and style, the conception of the marble offered here appears to have been inspired by the collection of antique carved marble animals in the Sala degli Animali, Museo Pio-Clementino, Rome (The Vatican Collections, loc. cit.). A selection of such works, including a group of a deer being attacked by a dog, is illustrated in the Vatican Collections exhibition catalogue from 1983 (ibid, p. 126, no. 61).