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Europa and the Bull
Sculptor: Foggini, Giovanni Battista
Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast and chased, and repatinated dark brown. The group shows Jupiter, transformed into a bull, abducting Europa. Europa and the bull are separately cast and bolted together. The model is supported on an associated rectangular boulle-work stand.
History note: Mr and Mrs George F. Farrow; Sold Sotheby's, London, 28 November 1968, lot 54; bought by the Fitzwilliam Museum, with the Leverton Harris and Marlay funds
Bought with the Leverton Harris and Marlay Funds
Height: 34 cm
Length: 28.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1968-11-14) by Sotheby's
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Circa
1680
CE
-
1725
CE
Now mounted on a boulle-work stand, with which it had apparently been associated before the sale at Sotheby's. The stand itself has been modified by the addition of the central masks at least.
This bronze, the only recorded example, can be attributed to Foggini on the basis of an almost identical wax model in the Museo di Doccia, which was mentioned in an inventory of about 1780 as having been cast from piece moulds made by Foggini. The attribution is supported by the figure of Europa which conforms to the physical type preferred by the sculptor.
Bronze
Parts
probably bronze
Copper alloy
Bronze
Casting (process) : Copper alloy, probably bronze, cast and repatinated in dark brown
Accession number: M.3-1968
Primary reference Number: 13976
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_3_1968
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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