LOT DETAILS

Materials:

marble

Measurements:

55.00 in. (139.70 cm.) (height)

Description:

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Condition:

surface dirt, minor losses

Literature:

J. Ingamells, A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, New Haven and London, 1997, p. 666. COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: K. Lankheit, Florentinische Barockplastik - Die Kunst am Hofe der letzten Medici 1670-1743, Munich, 1962, p. 376, fig. 140. G. Pratesi, Repertorio della Scultura Fiorentina del Seicento e Settecento, Turin, 1993, I, pp. 52, 55-56, 94, II, figs. 342-357, III, figs. 438-439. T. P. Connor, 'The Fruits of the Grand Tour - Edward Wright and Lord Parker in Italy, 1720-22', in Apollo, July 1998, pp. 23-30.

Provenance:

Probably commissioned by the Hon. John Molesworth (1679-1726), through the offices of the architect Alessandro Galilei circa 1721. Purchased by Thomas, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, circa 1723-25. Thence by descent at Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire.