Lot n° 208
Estimation :
700 - 1000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 975EUR
AUSTRIAN SCHOOL circa 1800, after a model attributed to Leon - Lot 208
AUSTRIAN SCHOOL circa 1800, after a model attributed to Leone LEONI (1509-1590)
Emperor Charles V (1500-1558)
Petite nature" bust in bronze with brown and gold patinas.
Titled CARL V on the front.
Total height: 32 cm
On a yellow Sienna marble base
This bronze bust of Emperor Charles V is a "petite nature" version of an original portrait belonging to Prince de Metternich of Austria. The latter gave a copy to the Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles as a souvenir of his visit after being ousted from power during the 1848 revolution (inv. B.1853.1). As mentioned by the Museum of Liverpool, which holds a similar version, and although the original bust is not documented, stylistic similarities with other portraits of Charles V by Leone Leoni (1509-1590) suggest that our bust may have been inspired by the portraits and medals of this Italian Renaissance artist.
Related works
- Leone Leoni, Bust of Charles V, circa 1555, bronze,113 x 59 x 36 cm, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches museum (inv.
Kunstkammer 5504);
- Leone Leoni, Emperor Charles V, 1553, marble bust, 102 x 53 x 32 cm, Madrid, Museo del Prado;
- Leone Leoni, Emperor Charles V, 1553-1555, bronze, 112 x 58 x 40 cm, Madrid, Museo del Prado (inv. E000271);
- Leone Leoni's workshop, Buste de Charles Quint, tinted plaster,H: 81.8 cm, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (inv.
9953) ;
- After Leone Leoni, Buste de Charles Quint, bronze,H: 21.5 cm, Liverpool, National Museums (inv. WAG 6235);
- Anonymous, Bust of Charles V, between 1800 and 1853, metal (copper), H: 81 cm, Brussels, Hôtel de Ville (inv. B.1853.1).
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