After the antique: Leda and the swan, marble, 19th/20th C. After the antique: Le…

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After the antique: Leda and the swan, marble, 19th/20th C.

After the antique: Leda and the swan, marble, 19th/20th C. H 60 - W 80 cm

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After the antique: Leda and the swan, marble, 19th/20th C.

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Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

After Guillaume Coustou (1677-1746) Terracotta group representing the Allegory of the River Tiber France, second half 18th century Terracotta group representing the Allegory of the River Tiber France, second half 18th century Resting on a gilded wood base Terracotta groep die de Allegorie van de rivier de Tiber voorstelt Frankrijk, tweede helft 18e eeuw Rustend op een vergulde houten sokkel Terracotta group representing the Allegory of the River Tiber France, second half 18th century Resting on a gilded wooden base 25 x 45 x 22 cm (17 1/2 in wide, 8 1/2 in deep, 9 1/2 in high) Base: 6 x 48,2 x 25,5 cm (18 1/2 in wide, 9 1/2 in deep, 2 in high) Footnotes: Provenance Sale: Rops, Namur, July 11, 2022, lot 7952 Private collection, Belgium acquired from the above This terracotta figure represents one of the most important rivers of the ancient world, the Tiber, personified by a reclining bearded man, leaning against a cornucopia filled with fruit and ears of corn and accompanied by a she-wolf. This terracotta of the River God is a reduction of a famous monumental ancient marble found in 1512, and sculpted in Hadrian's time (117-138) as a counterpart to the Nile. These much-admired marbles were included in the Roman antiquities ceded to Napoleon in 1803, to be displayed in the Salle des Fleuves in the Musée Central des Arts in Paris In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France, there was a real craze for bronze, marble and terracotta reductions based on Antiquities Comparative literatures F. Haskell and N. Penny, For the love of the antique, the Greco-Roman statuary and the European taste, Hachette, Paris, 1988. F. Souchal, The French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th centuries. The reign of Louis XIV, Oxford, Cassirer ed. 1977. J. Warren, Beauty and Power. Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino collection, Wallace Collection, London, Wallace Collection, 2010, pp. 166-172 Isabelle d'Amécourt Expert - Member SFEP [email protected] For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

AFTER THE ANTIQUE AN 18TH CENTURY BRONZED LEAD FIGURE OF THE CAPITOLINE ANTINOUS

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

INTAIL On agate, depicting a male portrait wearing the tenia. In the antique spirit. 20th century. 11.9 x 10 x 1.6 mm A modern "after the antique" agate intaglio depicting the portrait of an antique ruler

Estim. 700 - 900 EUR

LARGE NEOCLASSICAL INTAGLIO on carnelian in its original setting, early 19th century. Leda and the swan. Wife of Tyndare, King of Sparta, Leda was renowned for her great beauty. To seduce her, Zeus transformed himself into a swan and, following their union, the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, were born from an egg. This intaglio recalls the neoclassical productions of Prince Poniatowski. Cameo 29 x 20 mm; setting 28 x 35 mm; 10.25 g A Large Neoclassical intaglio set in its original mounting. Leda and the Swan. Wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, Leda was renowned for her great beauty. To seduce her, Zeus transforms himself into a swan and, following their union, from an egg are born the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. This intaglio recalls the neoclassical productions of Prince Poniatowski. Early 19th Century.

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