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LOT 0363

Renaissance Bronze Female Figure

16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

8 in. (754 grams, 20.5 cm high).

A naturalistic bronze female figure modelled standing contrapposto, nude, looking down towards her feet, one arm reaching over her head towards her neck, the other resting by her side, her weight placed on her right leg, hair tied into an elaborate bun with a ribbon, short ringlets falling down her nape and the end of the ribbon cascading over her shoulder, along the side of her right breast and down to her thigh, where she is holding the end; mounted on a custom-made display base.

Provenance

English private collection.

Footnotes

With stylistic similarities to work by Giovanni Bologna; possibly Italian or Northern European.

CONDITION

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LOT 0363

Renaissance Bronze Female Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900

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