After Giambologna (Flemish 1529-1608). An Italian Florentine bronze figure of the Infant Christ

After Giambologna (Flemish 1529-1608). An Italian Florentine bronze figure of the Infant Christ, on a later turned oak socle, the base with five old paper collection labels printed and inscribed in ink, 'HODGSON BEQUEST 599', 'THE CYRIL HUMPHRIS COLLECTION SOTHEBY'S 1995', '20236701/01' and 'B695' twice, possibly 17th century or later, 22.8cm high.

Provenance:

The Hodgson Bequest.

Cyril Humphris, London by 1995.

With Daniel Katz Ltd., London, February 2000.

The Collection of the Late P. J. Rankin.

See Charles Avery, Giambologna: the Complete Sculpture, 1987, p.197. See also Christie's, Important European Furniture, Sculpture and Carpets, 7th December 2006, lot 255 for a very similar bronze of the Infant Christ attributed to Antonio Susini.