Details
| Artist | attributed to Francesco Fanelli, Italian, active 1608 - died 1661 |
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| Date | ca. between 1630 and 1635 |
| Medium | bronze |
| Dimensions | Overall (sculpture): 15 3/4 × 12 × 6 5/8 inches (40 × 30.5 × 16.8 cm) Overall (base): 8 1/2 × 8 3/8 × 15 1/2 inches (21.6 × 21.3 × 39.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | City of Detroit Purchase |
| Accession Number | 29.348 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | European: Grand Tour of Italy-Florence, Level 2 (see map) |
Provenance
Marchese Spinola [possibly Ambrogio? 1571-1630]
probably until 1875, Spinola family (Genoa, Italy);
(Stefano Bardini, Florence, Italy);
William Newall (Croxley Green, England);
June 27, 1922, sold by (Christie's, London, England) lot 66;
probably Eugene Bureau (Antwerp, Belgium)
1927, sold by Mensing;
(Achille de Clemente, Florence, Italy);
1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
probably until 1875, Spinola family (Genoa, Italy);
(Stefano Bardini, Florence, Italy);
William Newall (Croxley Green, England);
June 27, 1922, sold by (Christie's, London, England) lot 66;
probably Eugene Bureau (Antwerp, Belgium)
1927, sold by Mensing;
(Achille de Clemente, Florence, Italy);
1929-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Justi. "Die Reiterstatue Philip IV von Pietro Tacca." Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, 1883, reprinted in Drei Jahrhunderte Spanischen Kunstlebens, 1908, vol. 2, pp. 245-274.
Bode, W. Die italienischen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance, Berlin: B. Cassirer, vol. 3, 1907, p. 3. [as Giovanni da Bologna.]
Heil, Walter. "An Italian Equestrian Statuette." Bulletin of the DIA 11, no. 4 (January 1930): pp. 46-47 (cover ill.). [as Tacca.]
Valentiner, W.R. "An Equestrian Statuette of Philip IV of Spain" Bulletin of the DIA 15, no. 3 (December 1935): pp. 34-38 (ill.).
Leith-Jasper, M. Renaissance Master Bronzes from the Collection of the Kunsthistoriches Museum. Vienna, 1936, pp. 244-245, no. 65.
Master Bronzes. Exh. cat., Albright Gallery. Buffalo, 1937, no. 144.
Art in Italy, 1600-1700. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965, pp. 93-94, no. 91 (ill.).
The Italian Heritage. Exh. cat., Wildenstein & Co. New York, 1967, no. 55 (ill.).
Florentine Baroque Art from American Collections. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1969, p. 67, no. 75.
Huemer, F. Corpus Rubenianum, XIX, Portrait. London, 1978, p. 150ff, no. 30, pl. 91 (ill.).
Volk, M.C. "Rubens in Madrid and the Decorations of the Salon Nuevo in the Palace." Burlington Magazine (March 1980): p. 168.
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MD, and J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY,
Glorious Horsemen Equestrian Art in Europe, 1500-1800. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts and J.B. Speed Museum. Springfield and Louisville, 1981, p. 111 (ill.).
Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Boström, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2002, 2 vols., II, cat. 134.
Bode, W. Die italienischen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance, Berlin: B. Cassirer, vol. 3, 1907, p. 3. [as Giovanni da Bologna.]
Heil, Walter. "An Italian Equestrian Statuette." Bulletin of the DIA 11, no. 4 (January 1930): pp. 46-47 (cover ill.). [as Tacca.]
Valentiner, W.R. "An Equestrian Statuette of Philip IV of Spain" Bulletin of the DIA 15, no. 3 (December 1935): pp. 34-38 (ill.).
Leith-Jasper, M. Renaissance Master Bronzes from the Collection of the Kunsthistoriches Museum. Vienna, 1936, pp. 244-245, no. 65.
Master Bronzes. Exh. cat., Albright Gallery. Buffalo, 1937, no. 144.
Art in Italy, 1600-1700. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965, pp. 93-94, no. 91 (ill.).
The Italian Heritage. Exh. cat., Wildenstein & Co. New York, 1967, no. 55 (ill.).
Florentine Baroque Art from American Collections. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1969, p. 67, no. 75.
Huemer, F. Corpus Rubenianum, XIX, Portrait. London, 1978, p. 150ff, no. 30, pl. 91 (ill.).
Volk, M.C. "Rubens in Madrid and the Decorations of the Salon Nuevo in the Palace." Burlington Magazine (March 1980): p. 168.
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MD, and J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY,
Glorious Horsemen Equestrian Art in Europe, 1500-1800. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts and J.B. Speed Museum. Springfield and Louisville, 1981, p. 111 (ill.).
Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Boström, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2002, 2 vols., II, cat. 134.