Italian, Venice, 17th century
Mars
Lot Closed
April 29, 01:31 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Italian, Venice, 17th century
Mars
bronze, on an ebonised wood base
bronze: 25 cm., 9⅞in.
base: 8 cm., 3¼ in.
Compare with a figure of Mercury attributed to Tiziano Aspetti (1559-1606) in H. R. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten, Braunschweig, 1967, fig. 193, as well as another Mercury attributed to Aspetti offered at Sotheby's London on 9 July 1992 as lot 112.