STYLE: Private Collections

STYLE: Private Collections

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 80. AFTER MODELS BY BERTEL THORVALDSEN (1770-1884) IPSEN FACTORY, DANISH, COPENHAGEN, 19TH CENTURY | PAIR OF RELIEFS WITH HERCULES RECEIVING THE CUP OF IMMORTALITY FROM HEBE AND MINERVA BREATHING LIFE INTO THE HUMAN CREATED BY PROMETHEUS.

Property from the Estate of John Bedford

AFTER MODELS BY BERTEL THORVALDSEN (1770-1884) IPSEN FACTORY, DANISH, COPENHAGEN, 19TH CENTURY | PAIR OF RELIEFS WITH HERCULES RECEIVING THE CUP OF IMMORTALITY FROM HEBE AND MINERVA BREATHING LIFE INTO THE HUMAN CREATED BY PROMETHEUS

Auction Closed

November 12, 05:03 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of John Bedford

AFTER MODELS BY BERTEL THORVALDSEN (1770-1884)

IPSEN FACTORY, DANISH, COPENHAGEN, 19TH CENTURY

PAIR OF RELIEFS WITH HERCULES RECEIVING THE CUP OF IMMORTALITY FROM HEBE AND MINERVA BREATHING LIFE INTO THE HUMAN CREATED BY PROMETHEUS


both stamped to the reverse: P. Ipsen / Kjobenhavn / Eneret and numbered: 393

gilt and polychromed terracotta

23cm., 9in. diameter each