19th and 20th Century Sculpture

19th and 20th Century Sculpture

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 6. AFTER DONATO DI NICCOLO DI BETTO BARDI, CALLED DONATELLO (CIRCA 1386-1466), ITALIAN, FLORENCE, 19TH CENTURY | AMOR-ATTIS.

AFTER DONATO DI NICCOLO DI BETTO BARDI, CALLED DONATELLO (CIRCA 1386-1466), ITALIAN, FLORENCE, 19TH CENTURY | AMOR-ATTIS

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

July 10, 03:03 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

AFTER DONATO DI NICCOLO DI BETTO BARDI, CALLED DONATELLO (CIRCA 1386-1466)

ITALIAN, FLORENCE, 19TH CENTURY

AMOR-ATTIS


bronze, dark brown and gilt patina, on a veined green marble base

bronze: 99cm., 39in.

base: 23cm., 9in.


The original version of this enigmatic and compelling model by the great Renaissance sculptor Donatello is in the Museo del Bargello, Florence. Its iconography, whose precise meaning has not been resolved, appears to merge the Roman god of Love with the Phrygian god Attis.