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A BRONZE MODEL OF A TRITON RIDING A TORTOISE
Lot 20 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE PROFESSOR JOHN GOLDING

A BRONZE MODEL OF A TRITON RIDING A TORTOISE

CIRCLE OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI (1598-1680), ROMAN, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

Fermé6 December 2012

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A BRONZE MODEL OF A TRITON RIDING A TORTOISE
CIRCLE OF GIANLORENZO BERNINI (1598-1680), ROMAN, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
On an integrally cast octagonal base; medium brown patina with reddish-brown high points; minor dents and casting flaws
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

Although some scholars have attributed the model upon which this bronze is based to a Venetian sculptor of the mid-16th century, it also relates closely to the triton figures that feature in designs and bozzetti for Roman fountains executed by Gianlorenzo Bernini in the first half of the 17th century. Compositionally and stylistically, it is particularly close to the four tritons surrounding the Moor on the Fontana dei Mori in Rome (see C. Avery, Bernini - Genius of the Baroque, London, 1997, fig. 296).