Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
After Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (circa 1470-1532), Italian, Padua, second quarter 16th century | Inkwell in the form of a Seated Youth holding a Cornucopia
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December 5, 03:37 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
After Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (circa 1470-1532)
Italian, Padua, second quarter 16th century
Inkwell in the form of a Seated Youth holding a Cornucopia
bronze, on an associated, probably 16th-century bronze base
inscribed: 58 in red paint to the underside
figure: 18.2cm., 7 1/8 in.
22.2cm., 8¾in. overall
Eugen Gutmann, Berlin, by 1912;
Camillo Castiglioni, Vienna, by 1923;
his sale, Hermann Ball and Paul Graupe, Berlin, 28-29 November 1930, lot 282;
Kunsthandlung A.S. Drey, Munich;
their forced sale, Paul Graupe, Berlin, 17-18 June 1936, lot 140;
with Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler, Munich;
private collection, Germany
This lot is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owners and the heirs of the A.S. Drey dealership.
Camillo Castiglioni, Vienna, by 1923;
his sale, Hermann Ball and Paul Graupe, Berlin, 28-29 November 1930, lot 282;
Kunsthandlung A.S. Drey, Munich;
their forced sale, Paul Graupe, Berlin, 17-18 June 1936, lot 140;
with Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler, Munich;
private collection, Germany
This lot is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owners and the heirs of the A.S. Drey dealership.
O. von Falke, Die Kunstsammlung Eugen Gutmann, Berlin, 1912, no. 179, pl. 47;
L. Planiscig, Sammlung Camillo Castiglioni: Bronzestatuetten und Geräte, Vienna, 1923, no. 25;
L. Planiscig, Andrea Riccio, Vienna, 1927, p. 480, no. 67;
V. Krahn, Bronzetti Veneziani: Die venezianische Kleinbronzen der Renaissance aus dem Bode-Museum Berlin, Berlin, 2003, p. 100, n. 6
L. Planiscig, Sammlung Camillo Castiglioni: Bronzestatuetten und Geräte, Vienna, 1923, no. 25;
L. Planiscig, Andrea Riccio, Vienna, 1927, p. 480, no. 67;
V. Krahn, Bronzetti Veneziani: Die venezianische Kleinbronzen der Renaissance aus dem Bode-Museum Berlin, Berlin, 2003, p. 100, n. 6
Long associated with Andrea Riccio, the present model is known in several bronze versions which show small differences in composition. While Planiscig (op. cit.) published casts of the model as works by Riccio, there is now a consensus that the existing casts are not autograph, but almost certainly based on a lost original by this influential Paduan sculptor (see Krahn, op. cit., pp. 98-100). The bronze in Berlin (Bode Museum, inv. no. 1830) is considered the earliest and finest of the known versions, with a hammered surface that is reminiscent of Riccio's works. Like the present bronze, it was formerly mounted on an associated triangular base. The cornucopia, which served as an inkwell, is larger here than in the Berlin version and a cast in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (inv. no. 32.100.171), but it compares closely to the version of the model in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. A.92-1910). Formerly owned by Eugen Gutmann (1886-1944) and Camillo Castiglioni (1879-1957), the present bronze passed through two of the most important art collections of early 20th-century Europe.