Allegory of Winter

Name: MICHELE FABRIS, CALLED L'ONGARO (BRATISLAVA CIRCA 1644-1684 VENICE), CIRCA 1670
Brand: Allegory of Winter
Price: 12000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 15,000

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GBP 12,000 - GBP 18,000

Closed: 30 Jul 2020

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MICHELE FABRIS, CALLED L'ONGARO (BRATISLAVA CIRCA 1644-1684 VENICE), CIRCA 1670

Allegory of Winter

Price Realised GBP 15,000

Closed: 30 Jul 2020

Price Realised GBP 15,000

Closed: 30 Jul 2020

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MICHELE FABRIS, CALLED L'ONGARO (BRATISLAVA CIRCA 1644-1684 VENICE), CIRCA 1670
Allegory of Winter
marble bust; on a marble rectangular socle
11³⁄₄ in. (30 cm.) high; 15¹⁄₂ in. (39.5 cm.) high, overall

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
A. Bacchi ed., La Scultura a Venezia da Sansovino a Canova, Milan, 2000, pp. 731-732, figs. 257-265.

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Lot Essay

Michele Fabris, or de Fabris, was born in Hungary, hence the other name by which he is often known: 'L'Ongaro'. He moved to Venice and was active as a sculptor both there and in Padua for the remainder of his life. Among his most important commissions was for the decoration of the Vendramin chapel in the Basilica of San Pietro di Castello, Venice. The beautifully executed offered here follows in a tradition of such allegorical busts produced in Venice in the 17th and early 18th centuries by artists such as Fabris and his contemporary, Orazio Marinali.

We would like to thank Dr. Maichol Clemente for confirming the attribution of the present lot to Michele Fabris.