Lot 125: Francesco Bertos (1678-1741) Italian, Padua, early 18th century , allegorical group of three nude figures with two putti and serpents bronze, on an oval veined black marble base

bronze, on an oval veined black marble base

measurements note bronze: 67cm., 26 3/8 in.; base: 20.5cm., 8in.

C. Avery, Bertos. The Triumph of Motion, Turin, 2008, pp. 205-206, no. 94
Z. Zaretskaia, 'Two bronze groups by Francesco Bertos', Report of the State Hermitage XIV, Leningrad, 1958

Collezioni Landau Finaly, 12-17 May 1948, lot 124
Christie's London, 12 December 2000, lot 85
Bottarel & Foy, Brescia, 2001

The present bronze closely resembles a group representing Summer kept in St. Petersburg's Hermitage (inv. no. 915), however it exhibits slight variations and the figures hold different attributes. Bertos' intricate iconographical scheme is as interesting to behold as his complete mastery of the bronze. It is in these bronzes, with their elegant feather-light figures balanced in sweeping compositions, in which Bertos' art is epitomised. RELATED LITERATURE
C. Avery, Bertos. The Triumph of Motion, Turin, 2008, pp. 205-6, no. 95