Lot 26
Lot 26
ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA DI ALESSANDRI ‘IL BRESCIANO’ (BRESCIA 1524/5-1573 VENICE), VENICE, MID-16TH CENTURY

A Cherub as the Infant Bacchus or Autumn

Price Realised GBP 6,875
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GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500
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ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA DI ALESSANDRI ‘IL BRESCIANO’ (BRESCIA 1524/5-1573 VENICE), VENICE, MID-16TH CENTURY

A Cherub as the Infant Bacchus or Autumn

Price Realised GBP 6,875
Price Realised GBP 6,875
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ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA DI ALESSANDRI ‘IL BRESCIANO’ (BRESCIA 1524/5-1573 VENICE), VENICE, MID-16TH CENTURY
A Cherub as the Infant Bacchus or Autumn
bronze figure on an integrally-cast circular plinth and a modern ebonised wood base; indistinctly inscribed in black paint to the reverse of the figure '15...59 / ....'
9 in. (23 cm.) high; 1212 in. (32 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
By repute, the von Weinberg Collection, Frankfurt, inventory no. 155.
Hugo and Ruth Klotz, New York, until sold
Christie's, New York, 28 September 2006, lot 147 as 'Circle of Niccolo Roccatagliata, North Italian, early 17th century'.
A private collection, England.
Literature
C. Avery, Il Bresciano, bronze-caster of Renaissance Venice (1524/25-1573), London, 2020, pp. 132 and 134, no. 63, fig. 12.16.
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