AFTER A MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS DUQUESNOY (1597-1643) ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY | EXECUTIONER

Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE

AFTER A MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS DUQUESNOY (1597-1643)

ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY

EXECUTIONER

bronze

27cm., 10⅝in.

Probably acquired by Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim (1732-1804)

Inventory, 26th September 1807, probably one of the '12 bronze figures groups over bookcases' in the Library;

Inventory, 10th February 1812, probably one of the 'Seven Bronze figurines upon one Bookcase, five Bronze figurines...upon the other' in the Library;

Inventory, April 1830, ditto;

Inventory, 27th June 1836, probably one of the ‘bronze figures copies from the antique all brought from Rome by Robert Earl of Leitrim' in the Library.

RELATED LITERATURE

M. Boudon-Machuel, François du Quesnoy 1597-1643, Paris, 2005, pp. 333-335, no. 125