Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 21st April 2021
Lot 677
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF NARCISSUS
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF NARCISSUS
AFTER BARTHÉLEMY PRIEUR (FRENCH 1536-1611), LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY
the naked youth with a fig leaf hiding his modesty, later mounted on a Sicilian jasper socle
22.7cm high (Narcissus), 31.5cm high (overall)
Catalogue Note
It is believed that Prieur's original Narcissus was directly inspired by the Dying Slave by Michelangelo for the unfinished tomb of Pope Julius II, which was brought to France and presented to King François I in 1546.