Pacing Horse , c.1760
After GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608) A BRONZE FIGURE OF A PACING HORSE
ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY
This cast of one of Giambologna's favourite models is a reduction of the horse from the monumental equestrian bronze statue of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, erected in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence in 1594.
Giambologna was inspired by the antique over-sized bronze of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome), which had been set up as the focus of Michelangelo's rearrangement of the Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome.
A version of the Pacing Horse was sent as a diplomatic gift to Henry, Prince of Wales, in 1612 and was inherited by his brother, King Charles I.
Height: 25cm
Width: 20.5cm
Depth: 10cm
ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY
This cast of one of Giambologna's favourite models is a reduction of the horse from the monumental equestrian bronze statue of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, erected in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence in 1594.
Giambologna was inspired by the antique over-sized bronze of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome), which had been set up as the focus of Michelangelo's rearrangement of the Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome.
A version of the Pacing Horse was sent as a diplomatic gift to Henry, Prince of Wales, in 1612 and was inherited by his brother, King Charles I.
Height: 25cm
Width: 20.5cm
Depth: 10cm
£ 9,800.00