Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 511
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO BERTOS ITALIAN
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £6000
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Description
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO BERTOS
ITALIAN, 1678-1741
a carved marble allegorical group fragment, depicting a slave, possibly Ganymede, in the grips of an eagle, surmounted by a naked male figure, the back with an axe, a barrel and a rope, 62cm high, on a later stone stand
LITERATURE
See Charles Avery, Bertos - The Triumph of Motion, for relating sculptures.