Christie's / Dec 6, 2007
€97,425.20 - €139,178.85
Not Sold
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Artworks in Arcadja
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Some works of Antonio Montauti
Extracted between 2 works in the catalog of Arcadja
Antonio Montauti - A Carved Marble Group Of Ganymede And The Eagle
Attributed 1740
Auction:
Christie's -
Dec 6, 2007- London
Lot number:
59
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
A CARVED MARBLE GROUP OF GANYMEDE AND THE EAGLE
BY ANTONIO MONTAUTI (
CIRCA
1685-AFTER 1740),
CIRCA
1721-22
Ganymede depicted nude and standing with lightning bolts in his left hand and with his right arm around the eagle; on an integrally carved bank of clouds; surface dirt, minor losses
56 in. (142.2 cm.) high
Antonio Montauti - A Carved Marble Group Of Hebe
Attributed 1721
Auction:
Christie's -
Dec 6, 2007- London
Lot number:
60
Other WORKS AT AUCTIONDescription:
A CARVED MARBLE GROUP OF HEBE
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO MONTAUTI (
CIRCA
1685-AFTER 1740),
CIRCA
1721-22
Depicted standing and wearing a classical shift with her breasts exposed; holding flowers in her right hand and an urn carved in relief with a group of Zeus with his eagle and an attendant male figure in her left hand; on an integrally carved rocky base; surface dirt, minor losses
55 in. (139.7 cm.) high
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.