Bronzes from the Robert Mayer Collection, Vienna
ITALIAN, PADUA, CIRCA 1500 | WOLF
Auction Closed
December 3, 02:41 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Bronzes from the Robert Mayer Collection, Vienna
ITALIAN, PADUA, CIRCA 1500
WOLF
bronze, on a black marble base
bronze: 8.5 by 16cm., 3⅜ by 6¼in.
base: 2 by 14cm., ¾ by 5½in.
Robert Rudolf Theodor Mayer (1874-1974), Vienna;
thence by descent to the present owner
L. Planiscig, Andrea Riccio, Vienna, 1927, p. 302, fig. 346
The present bronze was published by Planiscig (op. cit.) as a work by Andrea Riccio. Another cast of this rare model was formerly in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
RELATED LITERATURE
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Dokumentation der Verluste, Skulpturensammlung, Band VII, Berlin, 2006, p. 169, no. M 87