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Faun with child Dionysus, after the archaeological model, Probably Chiurazzi Foundries, 19th century
Bronze with black patina
sculpture: 39 x 19 x 10 cm
This bronze reproduces a well-known classical sculpture kept in the Archaeological Museum of Naples, a Roman copy of a Greek bronze original from the 2nd century BC. which comes from the Farnese Collection.
Many bronze replicas of the sculpture were made from the end of the 18th century. In the Chiurazzi Foundry's catalog (written in French in 1910) they are models with various patinas available. The Fonderia Chiurazzi was founded in 1880 with the intention of replicating the sculptures found in the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The collaboration with the archaeological museum of Naples provided the company with plaster casts from which to draw the models in the catalogue.
The model presented here has no foundry stamps however it can be attributed to the Neapolitan foundry. The plates in Faun's hands were made separately and are mobile. Fine chisel and patina.
Literature:
J.Chiurazzi & Fils-S.De Angelis & Fils, Company Catalogue, Ferruccio Lazzari, Naples, 1910, p. 162, code 6022.
J.Chiurazzi & Fils-S.De Angelis & Fils, Company Catalogue, Ferruccio Lazzari, Naples, 1910, p. 162, code 6022.
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Sculpture and Small Bronzes from 15th to 19th Century
Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, fri 28 June 2024
SINGLE SESSION 28/06/2024 Hours 16:00