Lot 352
Lot 352
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE VISCOUNT WIMBORNE
AN ITALIAN BRONZE OF VENUS AND THE INFANT CUPID

AFTER GIROLAMO CAMPAGNA (1549 - C.1625), LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 6,930
Estimate
GBP 6,000 - GBP 10,000
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AN ITALIAN BRONZE OF VENUS AND THE INFANT CUPID

AFTER GIROLAMO CAMPAGNA (1549 - C.1625), LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 6,930
Price Realised GBP 6,930
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Venus depicted wearing a coronet, with the infant Cupid at her side, on an associated Italian parcel-gilt gadrooned socle
2112 in. (54 cm.) high; 27 in. (67.5 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
The Viscounts Wimborne,
thence by decent to the present owner.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
P. Motture, ed., Large Bronzes in the Renaissance, New Haven and London, 2003, pp. 282-289, fig. 14.
FURTHER DETAILS
For further information on the collection of the Viscounts Wimborne please visit the tab ‘The Wimborne Collection’ on the main sale page.
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