£2,250
Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art | 588
Auction: 5 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
dark brown patina, marked with the French crowned C control mark
Note: the subject of this bronze is the 1st-2nd century Roman figure which is itself a copy of the 4th century BC Greek original. The marble statue was in the Villa Borghese in Rome and now is in the collection of the Louvre.
The crowned C was a French tax mark struck on bronzes over a certain weight between February 1745 and February 1749. The 'C' stands for cuivre (copper), the principal component in the bronze alloy.