AFTER FRANCOIS DUQUESNOY, (FLEMISH/ITALIAN LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
HEAD OF CHRIST AS A BOY
£2,016
Auction: 15 JANUARY 2025 FROM 10:00 GMT
Description
bronze, medium brown patina, mounted on a socle
Dimensions
18cm high
Footnote
Note: Produced as a companion piece to a bust of the Virgin. Models in terracotta for the pair were in the collection of Cardinal Francesco Barberini in Rome. Duquesnoy produced two pairs of casts in silver including one for Queen Henrietta Maria in London. Subsequent pairs cast in bronze were produced during the latter half of the 17th century.