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Property from a Private Collection

After a model by Alessandro Algardi (1598–1654) | Italian, Rome, 17th century | The Baptism of Christ

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July 6, 02:53 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 GBP

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Property from a Private Collection

After a model by Alessandro Algardi (1598–1654)

Italian, Rome, 17th century

The Baptism of Christ


bronze

inscribed: C and: D (or A) respectively to the undersides of the two sections

43.5 by 45cm., 17 1/8 by 17¾in.

Stefan von Auspitz (1869-1945), Vienna;
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, acquired circa 1931;
thence by descent, private collection, the Netherlands
L. Ozzòla, 'Il Battesimo di Cristo di Melchiorre Cafà a Malta', in Dedalo, vol. VII, 1926/1927, p. 135;
R. Wittkower, 'Eine Bronzegruppe des Melchiore Cafà', in Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst, vol. LXII, 1928/1929, p. 231;
D. G. van Beuningen and D. Hannema, Catalogue of the D.G. van Beuningen Collection, Rotterdam, 1949, no. 180, fig. 248; 
Meesters van het Bronz der Italiaanse Renaissance, exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1961, no. 186;
H. R. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten 15.-18. Jahrhundert, Braunschweig, 1967, p. 248;
J. Montagu, '"Le Baptême du Christ" d'Alessandro Algardi', in Revue de l'art, vol. XV, 1972, p. 75, n. 6;
J. Montagu, Alessandro Algardi, New Haven and London, 1985, vol. II, p. 314, no. 8.C.15