Live Auction 14193Robert de Balkany Rome & the Côte d'Azur
A SET OF FOUR MONUMENTAL PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE OVER LIFE-SIZE FIGURES OF LUCIUS VERUS, DRUSUS, TRAJAN AND AUGUSTUS CAESAR
Lot 150

A SET OF FOUR MONUMENTAL PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE OVER LIFE-SIZE FIGURES OF LUCIUS VERUS, DRUSUS, TRAJAN AND AUGUSTUS CAESAR

MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 125,000

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A SET OF FOUR MONUMENTAL PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE OVER LIFE-SIZE FIGURES OF LUCIUS VERUS, DRUSUS, TRAJAN AND AUGUSTUS CAESAR
MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
Each on a mottled dark grey marble and composition pedestal and inscribed 'LUCIUS VERUS CAESAR IMPERATOR CLXI.AD-CLXIX.AD', 'DRUSUS CAESAR IMPERATOR XXIII.AC-VIIAD', 'TRAIANUS CAESAR IMPERATOR XCVIII.ADCXVII. AD' and 'AUGUSTUS CAESAR IMPERATOR XXVII.AC-XIIII.AD'
133 in. (338 cm.) high, overall, approx.

Charles de Bestegui (1895 - 1970), hôtel particulier on the rue Constantine, Paris.

Specialist note

These impressive statues were commissioned by Charles de Beistegui (1895 - 1970), the legendary bon vivant, for his hôtel particulier on the rue Constantine, Paris. The heir to a Mexican silver fortune, Beistegui had a flair for the theatrical and, in collaboration with the Cuban-born architect Emilio Terry (1890-1969) and his assistant Michel de Bros, designed elaborately themed rooms and garden follies in grand neo-classical style.
Beistegui was admired by many, including Robert de Balkany, who shared Beistegui’s all-consuming passion for collecting and creating grand settings.


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