Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation
Attributed to Barthélemy Prieur (Berzieux circa 1536 - 1611 Paris) French, late 16th/early 17th century
Bacchus with a Panther
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January 30, 07:44 PM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Attributed to Barthélemy Prieur (Berzieux circa 1536 - 1611 Paris)
French, late 16th/early 17th century
Bacchus with a Panther
bronze, on porphyry socle with ormolu-mounted porphyry base
height figure 8 7/8 in.; 22.5cm.
height overall 12 5/8 in.; 32cm.
From whom acquired July 2013
This bronze figure of Bacchus is an adaptation of the classical marble group of a satyr with a panther in the Villa Albani, Rome. Previously attributed by Planiscig to Francesco da Sant'Agata and by Weihrauch to a late 16th century Florentine workshop working under the influence of Cellini, this bronze has since firmly been ascribed to Barthélemy Prieur by Maraike Bückling and Regina Seelig-Teuwen.
Related casts of this composition are known including examples in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Robert H. Smith Collection, Washington, D.C.
RELATED LITERATURE:
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna 1921, fig.320 (without the panther);
H.R. Weihrauch, Die Bildwerke in Bronze, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich 1956 no. 266;
M. Buckling, Die Negervenus, Liebieghaus Monographie, 14, Frankfurt am Main 1991, p.44;
A. Radcliffe, The Robert H. Smith Collection, Bronzes 1500-1650, London, 1994, no. 30