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ITALIAN, IN THE MANNER OF GIOVANNI MARIA MOSCA, 16TH CENTURY
A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A SLEEPING PUTTO ON A LION’S SKIN
7 in. (18 cm.) high, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide, 1012 in. (26.7 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Earls of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire [possibly].
Or O. Burchard, 10 Landsdowne Crescent, London and sold Christie’s, London, 18 June, 1968, lot 67 [probably].
With Mallet at Bourdon House, London.
Sold Christie’s, New York, 28 September, 1995, lot 30.
Literature
N. Wilkinson, Wilton House Guide: A handbook for visitors, London, 1908, p. 17, no. 136: an 'Alto-relievo of Cupid on a lion's skin' [possibly].
Apollo (Mallet advertisement), July, 1963.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer, Vienna, 1921, p. 259f.
P. F. Norton, ‚The Lost Sleeping Cupid of Michelangelo’, Art Bulletin, XXXIX, 1957, p. 251f.
B. Boucher and A. Radcliffe, The Genius of Venice 1500-1600, exh. cat., Royal Academy, London, 1983, pp. 368-370.
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