AFTER THE RENAISSANCE MODEL, MID 19TH CENTURY

Name: A PLASTER LIFE-SIZE FIGURE OF JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE
Brand: AFTER THE RENAISSANCE MODEL, MID 19TH CENTURY
Price: 3800.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 4,750

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GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed: 20 May 2021

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A PLASTER LIFE-SIZE FIGURE OF JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE

AFTER THE RENAISSANCE MODEL, MID 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 4,750

Closed: 20 May 2021

Price Realised GBP 4,750

Closed: 20 May 2021

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On a later grey-painted pedestal
The plaster: 73¹⁄₂ in. (187 cm.) high
The pedestal: 27¹⁄₄ in. (69.5 cm.) high; 29¹⁄₄ in. (74.5 cm.) wide; 21.12 in. (54.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The present model is after the Renaissance marble statue of Jason, dating from the second-half 16th century. Now in the Victoria & Albert museum, London, the original sculpture it is believed to have been obtained from the Palazzo Stiozzi-Ridolfi, formerly Palazzo Rucellai, in the Orti Oricellari gardens, Florence (inv. 6735-1860). The figure would have been a fitting subject matter for a garden, for on his epic journey to capture the Golden Fleece, Jason and his Argonauts visit the Gardens of the Hesperides where the voyagers are guided by the goddesses of the paradisal gardens to a spring to replenish their thirst.