19thc Grand Tour Classical bronze of ‘The Dancing Faun’, stamped Duchemin

19thc Grand Tour Classical bronze of ‘The Dancing Faun’, stamped Duchemin
Code: LVS1479

Dimensions:W: 24cm (9.4")H: 58cm (22.8")D: 19cm (7.5")
£3,750.00
Approx $5074.42, €4360.47
*Insured mainland UK delivery included in list price*

A late 19th century (circa 1880) fine quality Grand Tour Classical bronze of ‘The Dancing Faun’, after the antique with a beautiful rich patina, stamped ‘Duchemin’.

‘The Dancing Faun’ with typical faunlike features of his small horns and small goat’s tail is depicted standing next to a tree stump playing his music, his head bent forward holding cymbals in each hand, his right foot resting on a kroupezion attached to his sandal, this was a metal plate making a noise similar to a tap shoe, all supported on circular base signed ‘Duchemin’ - Issak Duchemin was a 19th century Belgian sculptor.

This bronze is after the original ancient Roman marble figure by Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, 1656-1740) in the Tribuna gallery in the Uffizi, Florence dating from the 17th century.

This bronze figure in in excellent original condition for age and can go straight into a home or collection.

Size:

Height: 22.75'' / 58cm

Width: 9.5'' / 24cm

Depth: 7.5'' / 19cm