Lot 28: A BRONZE GROUP OF HERCULES AND ANTAEUS

A BRONZE GROUP OF HERCULES AND ANTAEUS
ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI BATTISTA FOGGINI (1652-1725), LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
On an integrally cast naturalistic plinth and on a modern rectangular ebonised wood base; warm brown patina with lighter highpoints; a repair to Antaeus' neck
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, overall

D. Heikamp, 'Zur Geschichte der Uffizien-Tribuna und der Kunstschränke in Florenz und Deutschland', Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, XXVI, 1963, pp. 193-268.
K. Lankheit, DIE MODELLSAMMLUNG DER PORZELLANMANUFAKTUR DOCCIA - Ein Dokument italienischer Barockplastik, Munich, 1982, p. 123, no. 35.
Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Giambologna: gli dei, gli eroi - genesi e fortuna di uno stile europeo nella scultura, 2 Mar. - 15 Jun. 2006.

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A BRONZE GROUP OF HERCULES AND ANTAEUS
ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI BATTISTA FOGGINI (1652-1725), LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
On an integrally cast naturalistic plinth and on a modern rectangular ebonised wood base; warm brown patina with lighter highpoints; a repair to Antaeus' neck
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, overall