A pair bronze figures
Venus Medici and Apollo - image-1

Lot 225 Dα

A pair bronze figures Venus Medici and Apollo

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 10.000 € (incl. premium)

A pair bronze figures
Venus Medici and Apollo

Cast bronze with dark brown patina, Giallo Siena marble top. Two fully sculpted depictions after ancient prototypes. And Apollo with a separately cast lyre and base and Venus on a smooth oval plinth with two drilled holes. H of Venus 34, with plinth 48.5 cm. H of Apollo 33.5, with plinth 47.5 cm.
Italy, late 18th / 19th century.

Literature

Cf. the Venetian Venus from around 1600, presumably originally a fire dog, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, acc. no. A.81-1956.