Attributed To The Florentine Grand Ducal Workshops, After The Antique, Circa 1722
A Grey-Painted Plaster Head Of The Dying Alexander
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 5.250 USD
Price realised: 5.250 USD
Description
26 ½ in. (67.3 cm.) high, overall
One of the 35 'casts in jess' acquired by Thomas, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, described in a letter written by Lord Parker in Florence in January 1722. | Thence by descent at Shirburn Castle. | The Macclesfield Sculpture: The fruits of Lord Parker's Grand Tour, Christie's, London, 1 December, 2005, lot 53.
One of the 35 'casts in jess' acquired by Thomas, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, described in a letter written by Lord Parker in Florence in January 1722. | Thence by descent at Shirburn Castle. | The Macclesfield Sculpture: The fruits of Lord Parker's Grand Tour, Christie's, London, 1 December, 2005, lot 53.