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Ferdinando Tacca
Monument to Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany After the monument in Livorno
Bronze, ebonized pear wood, red jasper & gilt metal; Height 73.7 cm (29 inches), Height of pedestal 33.4 cm (13 1/6 inches), Florence, c. 1638-46
Provenance:
1761, Florence, Palazzo Pitti;
1766, London, Catalogue of a Genuine and Curious Collection of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish Pictures, brought from Abroad, by Mr. Greenwood, likewise some Capital Groupes of Bronzes, Antique Marble Busto’s, &c., Prestage, 1 February 1766, lot 44;
Probably bought by William Murray, first Earl of Mansfield (1705-93);
By descent at Scone Palace;
2007, London, Scone Palace and Blairquhan. The Selected Contents of two great Scottish Houses, Christie’s, 24 May 2007, lot 225;
2008, Tomasso Brothers;
2010, Trinity Fine Art;
Private Collection, Rome.