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LOT 0392
Bronze 'Fauno Rosso' Satyr
19TH CENTURY A.D.
26 1/2 in. (18.5 kg, 67 cm high).
A bronze figure of a satyr standing on a hexagonal base wearing a goatskin mantle tied by the forelegs around his shoulders, with poppy seed-heads and bunches of grapes by the left arm; in his raised right hand, a bunch of grapes and in his left hand a cudgel; stump of a tree by his right leg and barrel beside his left, with a lamb to the rear placing its foreleg on top; modelled after the so-called Fauno Rosso from Hadrian's Villa, now in the Capitoline Museum.
ProvenanceFrom an important Paris gallery, France.
FootnotesHalf-man, half-beast, satyrs were believed to be the children of goats and mountain nymphs. Followers of the god Dionysus, they had a reputation for drunkenness and spent their days participating in orgiastic rituals. They represented the crude and boisterous facets of the stereotypical male persona, particularly of rural man.
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LOT 0392
Bronze 'Fauno Rosso' Satyr
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Italian Virgin of Tenderness Icon
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
A painting on wood of the Virgin of Tenderness, copying an earlier work, depicting Mary dressed in blue robe ornamented with gold stars with an off-white veil delicately framing her face; gently supporting the Child dressed in red tunic; both figures nimbate and affectionately leaning towards each other with their cheeks touching; the scene enclosed in a gilt pseudo-Gothic crenelated frame, an inscription in new Gothic uncial style to the bottom reading 'AVE GRATIA PLENA' for 'hail full of grace'; mounted on a 19th century crenelated wooden pedestal fitted with candle holder to each side in the shape of a flower. 279 grams, 29.5 cm high
Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
The panel has many stylistic similarities with that of Icilio Federico Joni (1866-1946) assigned to the style of Sano di Pietro. Compared to that, the head of the Virgin has been realised in a more archaic Gothic style. With their faces gently pressed together, the interaction between the Virgin and the Child evokes a tender intimacy. This motif appears in numerous works by Sano di Pietro and his workshop (for example, in another painting in the Lehman Collection in MET, 975.1.39). The particular manner of concealing the Child’s right cheek behind the Virgin’s face was probably inspired by Madonna painted by the Sienese master Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena). -
Post Medieval Georgian Pillar Capital Pair
18th-early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A matched pair of carved limestone pillar elements, each square in plan with three sides bearing ornamental scrolls and foliate motifs, a wreath of leaves to the base of the neck; pierced for support and one corner hollowed. 15.8 kg total, 18 x 18 cm each
Fine condition.
UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. -
Georgian Silver Thimble with 'S L'
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A silver thimble with annulets to the upper body and ropework bands to the lower body, framing a 'plain' band engraved with the initials 'S.L'. 5.54 grams, 21 mm
Found Suffolk.
