After Giambologna, called Giovanni da Bologna or Jean Boulogne (Italian, 1529-1608): A patinated...

After Giambologna, called Giovanni da Bologna or Jean Boulogne (Italian, 1529-1608): A patinated bronze model of a pacing bull Probably late 18th/early 19th century The beast with its front left hoof raised, its tail looped over onto its lower back, the raised on shallow Sienna marble plinth base 23cm high, 22.7cm wide, 10.8cm deep overall Footnotes: In the course of his long career as court sculptor to the Medici Grand Dukes in Florence, Giambologna created a large number of sculptures of animals, including horses, birds and bulls. His bronze statuette of a pacing bull, based on an antique model, is first recorded as his work in 1588, in an inventory drawn up after the death in 1587 of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Francesco de'Medici ('Uno toro di bronzo di Giobologna di braccia 0/2 incirca'; Barocchi and Bertelà 2002, I, p. 330). The model is recorded in a number of early collections, attesting to its popularity. One, cast and finished by Giambologna's assistant and associate Antonio Susini, was among the bronzes after models by Giambologna presented to Prince Henry of Wales, the short-lived elder son of King James I/VI in 1611, and was later recorded in the collection of Henry's brother King Charles I (Watson and Avery 1973, pp. 503-06, no. 7). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing