Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 21 Apr 2021

A BRONZE GRAND TOUR GROUP OF A SLEEPING NYMPH AND SATYR

£800 - £1,200

£1,200

AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA (FLEMISH 1529-1608), 19TH CENTURY

the sleeping maiden being rudely awaken by a lecherous faun

20.2cm high, 30.5cm wide

Catalogue Note

The composition of the Sleeping Nymph with Satyr is believed to have been first recorded on the 7th April 1584, when Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici gifted his brother, Cardinal Ferdinando de Medici, 'una nuda in atto di dormire'. Giambologna based his reclining nymph on the famous Hellenistic marble of Ariadne in the Vatican.

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