School of Trapani, probably workshop of Andrea Tipa (1725-1766)

Cleopatra and Lucretia (or Dido ?)

First half of the 18th century
Pair of carved ivory statuettes
Bases in red marble, gilded wood and marble painted inlaid with coral beads, School of Trapani, H: 7.5 and 7.4 cm

H: 23.6 and 23.5 cm

-Private collection from Lyon ( France) - By descents

Estimate : 15.000/20.000 €

Hammer Price : On request

Related literature :-G.M. Di Ferro, Biografia degli uomini illustri trapanesi dall’epoca normanna sino al corrente secolo, tomo Il, Trapani 1830.
- H.R. Weihrauch, « Hanns Georg Fux. Elfenbeinischnitzer und Bildhauer in Straubing », in Straubing Hefte ,18. Jubiläumsjahr, 1968 ;
- C. Theuerkauff, Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein des 16.-19. Jahrhunderts, Staatliche Museen, Preussischer Kulturbesitz ,Berlin, 1986.
- M. C. Concetta di Natale ( a cura di), Materiali preziosi dalla terra e dal mare nell’ arte trapanese e della Sicilia occidentale tra il XVIII e il XIX secolo, catalogo mostra Trapani, Museo Regionale « A. Pepoli », 15 febbraio-30 settembre 2003 ;
-Fischer, Grosse Kunst in Kleinem Format. Kleinplastiken im Württembergischen Landesmuseum Stuttgart. Auswahlkata- log, Stuttgart, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, 2004 ;
-E. D.Schmidt, Das Elfenbein der Medici,Hirmer, Munich, 2012 ;
-M. Trusted, Baroque & later ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, V&A publishing, Londres, 2013 ;
- E. D. Schmidt, Maria Sframeli, Diafane passioni ; Avori barocchi dalle corti Europee, Firenze Musei, Sillabe, 2013.
Wednesday 03 October 2018 Art Enchères - Michel Rambert & Agnès Savart 2 et 4 rue Saint Firmin 69008 Lyon
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