Live Auction 6454Michael Inchbald: A Legacy of Design
A GROUP OF FIVE GILT-BRONZE FIGURES
Lot 172

A GROUP OF FIVE GILT-BRONZE FIGURES

17TH CENTURY

Closed22 January 2014

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A GROUP OF FIVE GILT-BRONZE FIGURES
17TH CENTURY
As illustrated from left to right; a figure of Minerva, Venetian; a figure of a woman representing Faith, Italian; an allegorical figure representing America, Venetian; a figure of Saint John the Evangelist, North Italian; and a group of a Putto and an Infant Satyr, after Francois Duquesnoy
7½ in. (19 cm.) high, the largest; 6 in. (15 cm.) high, the smallest

Group of putto and an infant satyr: Collection of Lord Ashburton; purchased by Michael Inchbald from Gerald Kerin, 15 Davies Street, London, on 29th May 1961 (£650, with another bronze).
Figure of St John: anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 27th October 1961, lot 33 (£85).
Figures of Minerva and Faith: purchased by Michael Inchbald from David Peel & Cyril Humphries (£40 and £70).