Lot 110: Workshop of Ferdinando Tacca (1619-1686) Italian, Florence, third quarter 17th century , a bronze female figure

rich brown patina with traces of red gold lacquer, mounted on later marble socle

measurements note bronze: 18.cm., 7in. socle: 9cm., 3½in.

The attribution of this bronze is based on the stylistic connection with Ferdinando Tacca's group of two wrestling woman, a draped version of which was sold Sotheby's London, 9 December 1993, lot 122. Note the similar treatment of the female form, the hands and the hair. Also, the shape and pose of the figure's right hand compares well with Angelica in Tacca's Roger and Angelica (one sold Sotheby's New York 24 January 2008, lot 161). The present bronze is derived from the figure of Iole in the two figure group with Hercules attributed to Ferdinando Tacca and illustrated by Radcliffe and Pratesi. The bronze can also be compared to a bronze Atalanta attributed to Fanelli sold Sotheby's London 10 December 2004, lot 79.

RELATED LITERATURE
A. Radcliffe, " Ferdinando Tacca, the missing link in Italian Baroque bronzes", in Kunst der Barock in der Toskana (Munich, 1976) fig.10; G. Pratesi, Scultura Fiorentina del Seicento e Settecento (Turin, 1993) fig. 654