Pietro Tacca, 1577 – 1640, nach Lot n° 39

PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURESIncl. bases: 37 x 25.5 x 23.5 cm. On Louis XIV bases with ornamental boulle decoration on lion paw feet in bronze with acanthus decoration. Bronze, cast mounted. Based on the famous slaves designed by Pietro Tacca for the monument to Ferdinand I of Tuscany, completed in 1626. It is now in Piazza Micheli in Livorno and is one of the most important monuments in the city. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 9 July 2011, lot 90 a. Literature: See David Bindman, Henry Louis Gates, Karen C. C. Dalton, The Image of the Black in Western Art. From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition. Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque, Cambridge/London 2010, p. 183. (1290809) (13) Pietro Tacca, 1577 - 1640, after PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURESIncl. bases: 37 x 25.5 x 23.5 cm. On Louis XIV bases with ornamental Boulle décor on bronze lion's paws with acanthus décor. Cast bronze, mounted. After the famous slaves that Pietro Tacca designed for the monument to Ferdinand I of Tuscany and which was completed in 1626. Today it can be found on the Piazza Micheli in Livorno being one of the most important monuments of the city. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 9 July 2011, lot 90 a. Literature: cf. David Bindman, Henry Louis Gates, Karen C. C. Dalton, The Image of the Black in Western Art. From the Age of Discovery to the Age of Abolition. Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque, Cambridge/London 2010, p. 183.