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an Italian bronze figure of Aurora (Dawn), after Michelangelo, 17th century
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- length 12 5/8 in.; 32 cm.
- (26.5cm)
the powerful female nude disgarding the blanket of night, reclining on a curved surface covered with drapery, chocolate-brown patina beneath dark brown lacquer, upon shaped, ebonized wood base.
Provenance
Collection of Harry Oppenheimer, Johannesburg, sold Christie's London, July 15, 1936
Sold Christie's London, May 21, 1977, lot 82
Sold Butterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco, June 13, 1990, Lot 1925
Catalogue Note
Michelangelo's marble statue of Dawn was executed between 1524 and 1531 for the sarcophagus below the effigy of Lorenzo de' Medici in the Medici Chapel in S. Lorenzo, Florence.