Italian, 17th/ 18th century

There is dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age and handling, including minor nicks and scratches. There is wear to the lacquer patina throughout. There are several small lacunae due to casting flaws, including to the back of the head and in the proper left arm. There is a larger lacunae between the buttocks at the back. The arms were cast separately, joints are visible at both shoulders. There are a number of smaller stable fissures, including two to the back of the perizonium. There are a few small spots of greening. There is wax between the feet and filling the stigma in the proper right foot. Otherwise the condition is good.
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The present corpus is very similar to a model by Giambologna in the Convent of Santa Maria degli Angiolini, Florence. The distinctive perizonium compares with another probably Florentine corpus sold at Christies, London on 1st July 1997 (lot 57).

RELATED LITERATURE
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe (eds.), Giambologna 1529-1608. Sculptor to the Medici, exh. cat. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; V&A, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1978, no. 105, p. 143