Lot 351: An Italian Marble Figure of Minerva Height 50 1/2 inches.

Est: $20,000 USD - $30,000 USDSold:

HindmanChicago, IL, USApril 20, 2016

Item Overview

Description

An Italian Marble Figure of Minerva
james henry haseltine (american, 1833-1907)/span
depicted wearing a phrygian cap with an eagle at the top and a laurel crown at the brim, standing in contrapposto with one hand holding a laurel wreath and the other hand preparing to draw her sword, her hair in a long braid draped across her breast and her right shoulder, standing barefoot on an armor breast plate and a circular base signed J. H. Haseltine, Rome, 1869.
Height 50 1/2 inches.

Artist or Maker

Henry James Haseltine

Condition Report

Overall very good condition. Light surface scratches and "flea bite" chips in several areas consistent with age. Dusty; areas of slightly dirtier patina. Both wings of the finial on Minerva's helmet have been broken off and repaired, but there are no other signs of restoration visible under UV light. Purchased from a New York area estate.

Notes

James Henry Haseltine, brother of the painter William Stanley Haseltine and uncle of the sculptor Herbert Haseltine, was a Philadelphia native who studied with French-born sculptor Joseph Bailly. Haseltine briefly toured France and Italy before serving two years in the American Civil War, then returned to Rome where he established a studio and lived the rest of his life. His sculptures of classical figures such as Minerva, Columbia and others honored American lives lost in the Civil War. The Union League of Philadelphia commissioned a monumental sculpture which Haseltine completed around 1865; it still stands at the club today.

Auction Details

Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts

Hindman

April 20, 2016, 10:00 AM CST

1338 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, US

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