Lot 256
  • 256

A FLEMISH OR GERMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ST. SEBASTIAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ALESSANDRO VITTORIA (1525-1608)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • BRONZE FIGURE OF ST. SEBASTIAN
  • bronze, mounted on later marble base with traces of guilding
  • height of bronze 14 5/8 in.
  • 37 cm
  • Flemish or German, probably 19th century
on later marble base. 

Provenance

Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., April 1944

Condition

Some holes for arrows, general surface abrasions. Lacquer rubbed.
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