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France, 17th century
Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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Description
- Bust of Niobe
- bronze
- height 14 in.; 35.5 cm
red-gold patina beneath dark brown lacquer, on veined marble base
Provenance
Heim Gallery, London
Exhibited
Heim Autumn 1966, no. 18
Catalogue Note
RELATED LITERATURE
Paris 1999, p. 164, no. 286
The present head is inspired by the ancient marble group of Niobe and her children found in Rome in 1583 (now in the Uffizi, Florence). Another variation of the head of Niobe in bronze after the antique is in the Louvre (Paris 1999, op. cit., no. 286, MR 1704).