Francesco Bertos (1678-1741) Italian, Venice, circa 1700

Probably Ludovico Manin, Villa Manin a Passariano, by 1742,
A.H. Shaw, London,
his sale, Sotheby's London, 7 December 1967, lot 113, bought by Mr Huxtable,
private collection, London,
Christie's London, 22 October 1974, lot 173,
with Heim Gallery, London, 1984,
John Kenworthy-Browne, London,
James Goldsmith, London,
With Helena Mola, Madrid,
Wilkonson's Auctioneers Doncaster, 24 February 2002, lot 301

London, Heim Gallery, Painting and sculpture of three centuries, 1984, no. 30

Painting and sculpture of three centuries, exhib. cat. Heim Gallery, London, 1984, no. 30;
M. Frank, 'Gli scultori al servizio dei Manin', E. Accornero, Il restauro delle sculture lapidee nel Parco di Villa Manin a Passariano, Il Viale delle Erme, Venice, 1997, p.40;
C. Avery, The Triumph of Motion: Francesco Bertos (1678-1741) and the Art of Sculpture. Catalogue Raisonné, Turin, 2008, pp. 174-175, no. 34

Overall the condition of the marble is good with minor dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age. There is veining to the marble throughout consistent with the material. There is a loss of the tip of the cloak in Hercules's proper left hand. There may be restorations to the monster's tale and there is a chip to the base of the tale to the underside. The bull's proper right horn is restored. There are further restorations to the woman's feet, ankles and proper left leg, and to the bull's tale. The tips of the bull's hooves and part of his proper right back leg also appear to be restored. There are a few chips and abrasions including to the woman's cloak.
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