Live Auction 2374500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets and Including Sculpture from the Collection of Michael Hall
A BRONZE GROUP OF THE VENUS BATHING AND CUPID
Lot 240

A BRONZE GROUP OF THE VENUS BATHING AND CUPID

AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, CIRCLE OF FRANCESCO FANELLI, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY

Closed11 June 2010

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A BRONZE GROUP OF THE VENUS BATHING AND CUPID
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, CIRCLE OF FRANCESCO FANELLI, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
On a black marble base
5¾ in. (14.8 cm.) high, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high with base

Madame M.L. Rydemark-Claessenten Amerbergen, sold Christie's, London, 1 July 1974, lot 84.

Specialist note

As Avery notes, this charming group comes in two versions of Little Venus Bathing, with and without the cupid (Avery, op. cit., p. 9).

A nearly identical version, attributed to the workshop of Fanelli, is in the Abbott Guggenheim Collection (loc. cit.).