Giuseppe Piamontini - A terracotta bust of a woman “all´antica“ by Giuseppe Piamontini - image-1

Lot 2210 Dα

Giuseppe Piamontini - A terracotta bust of a woman “all´antica“ by Giuseppe Piamontini

Auction 1175 - overview Cologne
05.06.2021, 11:00 - Paintings and Drawings 15th to 19th C.
Estimate: 15.000 € - 18.000 €
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Giuseppe Piamontini

A terracotta bust of a woman “all´antica“ by Giuseppe Piamontini

Stained terracotta figure worked three-quarters in the round, the reverse hollowed out. First published in 2008 by Sandro Bellesi (op. cit.), this masterfully executed bust depicts a young woman with her gaze turned to the left, her cloak draped around her shoulders and her hair braided in a style reminiscent of antiquity.
The bust was created together with a further female bust “all'antica“ designed as a counterpart, which Sandro Bellesi and Mara Visonà (op. cit.) attributed to Giovacchino Fortini - a pupil of Giuseppe Piamontini and dated to around 1695 (see the following lot).
Minimal wear. Height 70 cm.

Provenance

South German private collection.

Literature

Sandro Bellesi: I marmi di Giuseppe Piamontini, Florence 2008, p. 30-31, illus. 25 & 26. - Sandro Bellesi, Mara Visonà: Giovacchino Fortini. Scultura, architettura, decorazione e committenza a Firenze al tempo degli ultimi Medici, Florence 2008, p. 264-266, no. 2.