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A LOW COUNTRIES CARVED STATUARY MARBLE BUST OF A MAIDEN PERSONIFYING A CITY
Lot 315

A LOW COUNTRIES CARVED STATUARY MARBLE BUST OF A MAIDEN PERSONIFYING A CITY

BY IGNATIUS VAN LOGTEREN (1685-1732), EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed29 January 2013

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A LOW COUNTRIES CARVED STATUARY MARBLE BUST OF A MAIDEN PERSONIFYING A CITY
BY IGNATIUS VAN LOGTEREN (1685-1732), EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Possibly representing Tyche, her headdress carved with five crenellated keeps, a pair of keys around her neck, carved with initials 'I.V.L' to the reverse, on an associated limestone pedestal with chamferred angles
The bust -- 28½ in. (72.2 cm.) high;
The pedestal -- 32¼ in. (82 cm.) high

Specialist note

Although he worked in a wide variety of medium van Logteren was primarily known as 'statuarius', as he executed numerous sculptures for country houses and gardens in the neighbourhood of Amsterdam. His style developed from that of Artus Quellinus and Rombout Verhulst but was also influenced by some of the more recent developments in Italy, France and Flanders; it is characterized by classicism, combined with a strongly personal and harmonious lyricism.