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A Roman Marble Figure of a Boy, circa 2nd Century A.D., with Restorations Attributed to Leandro Biglioschi (active 1813-1832)
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July 3, 02:32 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Roman Marble Figure of a Boy
circa 2nd Century A.D., with Restorations Attributed to Leandro Biglioschi (active 1813-1832)
seated on a rocky outcrop with the right leg extended and the left leg drawn in, his body leaning to his left, and clasping a large cluster of grapes to his chest, his head (restored) turned sharply to his right.
Height as restored 61.7 cm.
found in May 1827 in Rome in the vineyard 'il Rosaio de’ Padri Missionari', outside the Porta Portese
the sculptor Leandro Biglioschi, Rome
Königliche Museen Berlin, acquired in 1840, sold in 1922
Dr. Philipp Lederer and Gümüschdjian, Berlin and Reiling, Mainz, acquired together from the above
German private collection, by 1953
German private collection, by descent from the above
Documented
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Erwerbungsbücher der Antikensammlung, K.M. Abteilung Antike Skulpturen und Gipsabgüsse. Inventar der Skulpturen. I. N. 1-1000, 1766-1884, p. 140f. (https://storage.smb.museum/erwerbungsbuecher/IV_ANT-B_SKS_SN_00015-00015_LZ_1766-1884_1.pdf: "Nr. 486 \ Altes inventar n. 458 \ GEGENSTAND Knabe m. e. Weintraube, Statue, h. 0,625, abgeb. Clarac IV, 677, 1577. Gef. (nach Clarac) Mai 1827 vor Porta Portese in der Vigna Rosaio de’ Padri Missionari; S. Biglioschi. \ ART DER ERWERBUNG In Berlin von Arnold \ AKTENNUMMER 61/40 \ KATALOGNUMMER 486 (138) \ BEMERKUNGEN 1922 verkauft.")
Published
Friedrich Tieck, Königliche Museen. Verzeichniss der antiken Bildhauerwerke, Berlin, 1847, p. 19, no. 138
Comte de Clarac, Musée de sculpture antique et moderne, vol. 4, Paris, 1850, p. 192, no. 1577, pl. 677
Alexander Conze, Königliche Museen zu Berlin. Verzeichniss der antiken Skulpturen, Berlin, 1885, p. 89, no. 486
Alexander Conze, Königliche Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der antiken Skulpturen, Berlin, 1891, p. 188f., no. 486, illus.
Klaus Fittschen and Johannes Bergemann, eds., Katalog der Skulpturen der Sammlung Wallmoden, Munich, 2015, p. 63, note 3, Beilage 8c
The type is known in four other replicas (for a list see Fittschen and Bergemann 2015, p. 63, note 3): in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Fittschen and Bergemann cit., Beilage 8a-b), in Lancut Castle (Fittschen and Bergemann cit., Beilage 8d), in the Danish National Museum (Fittschen and Bergemann cit., Beilage 9) and in the Wallmoden Collection (Fittschen and Bergemann cit., p. 62, no. 9). The Greek original was created in the Hellenistic period.
Leandro Biglioschi was one of Canova’s three studio assistants. He was made Regent of the 'Virtuosi al Pantheon' (the papal honour society of artists) in Rome in 1821. Prior to this honour, Canova himself commissioned Biglioschi to carve four marble busts for the Pantheon which are now in the Musei Capitolini. It is likely that Biglioschi restored the present statue.
The statue belonged to a group of sculptures sold by the Königliche Museen Berlin in 1922. Among these sculptures were an over-lifesize statue of Silvanus and a small statue of a seated woman, both now on the French art market.
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