Live Auction 22751Old Master Paintings and Sculpture: Part II
A CARVED STONE GROUP OF ANDROMEDA AND THE SEA MONSTER
Lot 153 Property from Modern Medici: Selections from a New York Collection

A CARVED STONE GROUP OF ANDROMEDA AND THE SEA MONSTER

EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THE VENETO AND POSSIBLY BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BONAZZA FAMILY (ACTIVE PADUA AND VENICE, LATE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY)

Closed31 January 2024

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A CARVED STONE GROUP OF ANDROMEDA AND THE SEA MONSTER
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THE VENETO AND POSSIBLY BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BONAZZA FAMILY (ACTIVE PADUA AND VENICE, LATE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY)
Depicted seated on a rock, her right hand on her head, the dragon at her feet
22 5⁄8 in. (57.6 cm.) high

Specialist note

The present lot is part of a pair with a stone figure of The Punishment of Promethius which came to auction at Romano, Florence in October 2009, lot 155. The Bonazza family of sculptors began with Giovanni Bonazzi (1654-1736) who ran a prolific sculpture studio based in Padua with his sons Tomasso and Antonio.