Lot 357: A BRONZE GROUP OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

A BRONZE GROUP OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
CIRCLE OF HUBERT GERHARD AND CASPAR GRAS, PROBABLY INNSBRUCK OR MUNICH, CIRCA 1615
On an octagonal green marble plinth, possibly pietra nefritica gatteggiante or pietra ponderari, the underside to the bronze inscribed in black paint ...342 and ...32
13½ in. (34 cm.) high, 18½ in. (47 cm.) high overall

L. Camins, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, exh. cat., The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1988, no. 52, pp. 146-148 [as Caspar Gras].
M. Schwartz, ed., European Sculpture from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, New York, 2008, no. 25, pp. 16-17 and 62-63 [as Italian, Circle of Pietro Tacca].

Baron Arthur Schickler (1828-1919), Paris and château de Martinvast.
Marguerite, comtesse Hubert de Pourtalès (1870-1956), Paris and château de Martinvast.
Benjamin Duveen, sold Parke-Bernet, New York, 8-9 January, 1960, lot 294.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 23-24 March, 1974, lot 109.