04-05-201404-05-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2715BBoston
April 5, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Five Grand Tour Portrait Busts Depicting Homer, Socrates, and Plato

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$1,107$900
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2715BLocation: BostonDate / Time: April 05, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Five Grand Tour Portrait Busts Depicting Homer, Socrates, and Plato, Italy, mid to late 19th century, two terracotta: Plato and Homer after busts in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, each on conforming socle, Plato with impressed label, ht. to 6; two additional depicting Homer: one alabaster, ht. 5 3/4, the other iron on a square black-painted slate base, iron ht. 6; and one white marble depicting Socrates, labeled in iron red and on a brass socle and later imitation marble columnar pedestal, marble ht. 3 3/4, total ht. 10 1/2 in.

Provenance: A copy of a receipt from Jean-Paul Cottin Antiquités, Marché Vernaison, Paris, for the terracotta bust of Homer accompanies the lot.
Estimate $800-1,000

Alabaster Homer with chip to back of neck. All with minor age-typical wear.


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Keywords

Depicting Homer, Plato, Italy, Uffizi Gallery, Paris