Live Auction 15491The Collector: Silver &19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
ANTONIO TANTARDINI (ITALIAN, 1829-1879)
Lot 620 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

ANTONIO TANTARDINI (ITALIAN, 1829-1879)

La bagnanti (The bather)

Closed24 May 2018

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GBP 62,500

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ANTONIO TANTARDINI (ITALIAN, 1829-1879)
La bagnanti (The bather)
signed and dated 'ANTNIO . TANTARDINI . / MILANO . 1878 .', with a white marble pedestal
marble
The sculpture: 66 in. (165 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57.5 cm.) wide; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) deep
The pedestal: 24 ¼ in. (61.5 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep
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Specialist note

Antonio Tantardini studied under Lorenzo Bartolini. He sculpted a number of important monuments and exhibited a seated bather with raised arm, titled La Bagnanti, to great acclaim at the London 1862 International Exhibition and again at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. An example of La Bagnanti, dated 1863, sold Christie’s, London, 6 March 2014, lot 203.