VENITIAN school of the late 17th, early... - Lot 24 - L'Huillier & Associés

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VENITIAN school of the late 17th, early... - Lot 24 - L'Huillier & Associés
VENITIAN school of the late 17th, early 18th century - Amphitrite - Neptune Two groups in red marble from Verona For Amphitrite : Height : 72.5 cm - width : 58 cm - width of the base : 45 cm - depth of the base : 20.5 cm. At the base of the back, two fixing holes. (small accidents, spalls and visible missing parts). For Neptune: Height: 70 cm - width: 56 cm - Width of the base: 45.5 cm - depth of the base: 21.5 cm. At the base of the back, two holes for fixing - (small accidents, spalls and visible lacks). ATTENTION: An authorization or a bank deposit of 10% will be necessary in order to bid live on this lot. Without this authorization we reserve the right to refuse live bidding. ATTENTION The use of colored marble is the first thing that strikes the viewer at the sight of these two mythological groups representing Neptune and Amphitrite pushed by the wind, resting on a sea monster and accompanied by a nereid and a triton blowing in a conch. The choice of the iconographic repertoire of these two allegories was not chosen at random but rather to express a political message: that of maritime power. Monumental in their conception, the two sculptures were intended to be viewed from the front as well as to serve as ornaments inside a Venetian palace, given their dimensions and the fixing holes visible at the back. Although the use of this unusual hard and fragile marble, requiring a great deal of effort and mastery of the chisel, laboriously polished by abrasion, does not allow us to attribute these two works with precision, they nevertheless belong to the Venetian school of the second half of the 17th century by their ambitious style of a baroque tinged with classicism. Bibliography: Giuseppe Pavanello, La scultura veneta del seicento e del settecento. Nuovo studi, Instituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, Venezia, 2002. Expert Albéric Froissart : 06.80.26.86.38 IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE ON THIS LOT, ONLY PHONE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BID ONLINE FOR THIS LOT, WE ONLY ACCEPT PHONE BIDDING
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