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18th century school after a model attributed to Massimiliano…
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18th century school after a model attributed to Massimiliano…
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Estimate €15,000 - €20,000
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Description
18th century school after a model attributed to Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656-1740)
Busts of satyrs
Pair of busts in brown patina bronze. Later ormolu Rocaille bases.
Total height: 43 cm. - Bust height: 26 cm
Provenance :
- Louis Guiraud Collection;
Her sale, Mes Ader, Picard et Tajan, Paris, Palais Galliera, 12 June 1973, lot 61 (Fig. 1)
- Jean Rossignol Collection and by descent
Considered the great Florentine Baroque master, Massimiliano Soldani Benzi (1656-1740), of Tuscan origin, was sent to Florence at the age of 19 to work with the painter Franceschini (il Volterrano). In 1678, he left for Rome and studied at the Accademia dei Medici for four years before being sent by Grand Duke Cosimo III to Paris to complete his education with the famous engraver Joseph Roettiers (1635-1703). He returned to Florence in 1682 and became director of the Mint. This training had a considerable influence on the artist's career. He soon excelled at making medals and won commissions. Soldani-Benzi's most important patrons included the Medici family, Pope Innocent XI, Louis XIV and Prince Johann Adam I of Liechtenstein (1657-1712). The latter became his main patron and received his first commissions around 1694.
For thirteen years he maintained a rich correspondence with the Prince and designed numerous sculptures, combining reinterpretations of ancient or modern works with personal inspiration in order to satisfy the Prince's enlightened taste.
Bibliography:
H. R. Weihrauch, K. Lankheit, Florentiner Barockplastik, in Pantheon, November-December 1963, pp. 338-39, figs. 3-4.
M. Liebmann et al, Western European Sculpture from Soviet Museums 15th and 16th Centuries, Leningrad, 1988, no. 26.
S. O. Androsov, The State Hermitage Museum: Italian Sculpture 14th 16th Centuries: The Catalogue of the Collection, St Petersburg, 2007.
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