Lot 68: ITALIAN, CIRCA 1700, POSSIBLY AFTER A MODEL BY FRANCESCO FANELLI (1577-AFTER 1641) A BRONZE GROUP

ITALIAN, CIRCA 1700, POSSIBLY AFTER A MODEL BY FRANCESCO FANELLI (1577-AFTER 1641) A BRONZE GROUP OF A HOUND ATTACKING A STAG

the hound gripping the stags back with teeth and claws, the stag rearing with head thrown back and mouth open, mounted on later bronze base and yellow and black plinth

CATALOGUE NOTE

This model is similar to the Stag and Hound illustrated by Weihrauch with an attribution to Fanelli. However, the stag is here shown with forelegs raised, rather than with the front left leg down, and the hounds head and collar is not cast-in with the stag's neck as it is here. A version of the present model, in a private collection, is monogrammed F.F.F.S.M.B.R./1641 which lends credibility to Weihrauch's attribution. Another version, closer to the present work and catalogued as mid-17th century, was offered in these rooms 17th April 1969, lot 119. A further cast was offered by Audap-Solanet, Godeau-Veillet at the Drouot, 18th June 1993, lot 189.

RELATED LITERATURE
Weihrauch, p.237, pl.288

stag: 17.5cm., 6 3/4 in. plinth including bronze base: 9 by 21.5cm., 3 1/2 by 8 3/8 in.