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The Quentin Collection: Masterpieces Of Renaissance And Baroque Sculpture
USD 12,972,400
Close rate: 66.67% (10/15)
20.0%
Above Est.
33.3%
Within Est.
13.3%
Below Est.
33.4%
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Auction introduction: The most important collection of early European sculpture ever to come to auction, the Quentin collection is led by Giambologna’s riveting bronze- Mars, cast in his lifetime by his studio assistant. First introduced to the global stage at a ground-breaking exhibition at The Frick Collection held in 2004, this collection of bronzes and terracottas from the masters of the Renaissance to Baroque eras, displays an unparalleled depth and quality of connoisseurship. Also in this group of 15 superb lots - Carlo di Cesare del Palagio’s Venus Withholding a Heart from Cupid and Giovanni Bandini’s Mars and Vulcan.