Lot 15: A BRONZE GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

A BRONZE GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO SUSINI (D.1624), CIRCA 1610-20
Depicted holding Christ in her right arm; on an integrally cast plinth and a later rectangular ebonised stepped wood base; warm brown patina with extensive traces of a reddish gold lacquer; very minor scratches and damages
15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
W. von Bode, Die Italienische Bildwerke der Renaissance und des Barock - Bronzestatuetten, Büsten und Gebrauchsgegenstände, Berlin and Leipzig, 1930, no. 177, pl. 49.
C. Avery and K. Watson, 'Medici and Stuart: a Grand Ducal Gift of 'Giovanni Bologna' Bronzes for Henry Prince of Wales (1612)', The Burlington Magazine, CXV, August 1973, reprinted in Studies in European Sculpture, 1981, pp. 94-113.
Edinburgh, London, Vienna, Royal Scottish Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum and Kunsthistorisches Museum, Giambologna (1529-1608) - Sculptor to the Medici, 19 Aug. 1978 - 28 Jan. 1979, C. Avery and A. Radcliffe eds., no. 92, p. 137.
W. Bode, The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, ed. and rev. by J. Draper, New York, 1980, p. 104, pl. CLXXXIV.
C. Avery, Giambologna - The Complete Sculpture, Oxford, 1987, no. 107, pp. 196, 227-8 and 265.
Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Giambologna: gli dei, gli eroi, 2 Mar. - 15 June 2006, B. Paolozzi Strozzi and D. Zikos eds., no. 8, pp. 349 and 352.