Attributed to Ferdinando Tacca (1619-1689) Italian, Florence, early 17th century

Overall the condition of the bronze is good. There is some minor wear and dirt to the surface consistent with age. There are remnants of a black lacquer patina. There are a few minor nicks to the edges of the drapery and the nose.
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The stippled engraving on the drapery and facial type are reminiscent of the bronzes of Pietro and Ferdinando Tacca. See for example the soldier from the Martyrdom of St Stephen in Santo Stefano al Pontein Florence illustrated by Radcliffe (op.cit.).

RELATED LITERATURE
A. Radcliffe, 'Ferdinando Tacca, the missing link in Florentine Baroque bronzes', K. Lankheit (ed.), Kunst in Barock der Toskana, Munich, 1976, p. 17, fig. 4; C. Avery, Giambologna. An exhibition of sculpture by the master and his followers from the collection of Michael Hall, Esq., exhib. cat. Salander O'Reilly Galleries, New York, 1998, pp. 159-159, no. 57; M.H. Schwartz (ed.), European sculpture from the Abbott Guggenheim collection, New York, 2008, no. 26