Lot 478
  • 478

Manner of Giuseppe Piamontini

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Giuseppe Piamontini
  • Jupiter
  • terracotta
  • height 47 5/8 in.; 115.7 cm

Provenance

Heim Gallery, London

Literature

Bellesi 2008, p. 25

Condition

Standard surface abrasions, chipping, and small losses. Restorations throughout including: part of base, legs, some drapery, eagle, neck of figure and his proper right arm (also with loose crack that needs restoration). Decorative.
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Catalogue Note

RELATED LITERATURE

Pratesi 1993, no. 429

This figure of Jupiter relates to the design by Piamontini represented by a terracotta figure sold at the Casa d'aste Pitti (see note for lot 477, and Bellesi 2008 op. cit. fig. 17), which is a variation of the design for an andiron now attributed to Piamontini, with examples in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Wallace Collection (see Pratesi op. cit. no. 427).