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Pietro Tacca,
1577 – 1640, nach

Bronze, gegossen montiert. Nach den bekannten Sklaven, die Pietro Tacca für das Denkmal Ferdinand I der Toskana entwarf und welches 1626 vollendet wurde. Es befindet sich heute auf der Piazza Micheli in Livorno und zählt zu dem bedeutendsten Monumenten der Stadt.

Provenienz:
Sotheby´s, London, 9. Juli 2011, Lot 90 a.

Literatur:
Vgl. David Bindman, Henry Louis Gates, Karen C. C. Dalton, The Image of the Black in Western Art. From the „Age of Discovery“ to the Age of Abolition. Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque, Cambridge/London 2010, S. 183. (1290809) (13)


Pietro Tacca,
1577 – 1640, after
PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURESIncl. bases: 37 x 25.5 x 23.5 cm.
On Louis XIV bases with ornamental Boulle décor on bronze lion´s paws with acanthus décor.

Cast bronze, mounted. After the famous slaves that Pietro Tacca designed for the monument to Ferdinand I of Tuscany and which was completed in 1626. Today it can be found on the Piazza Micheli in Livorno being one of the most important monuments of the city.

Provenance:
Sotheby´s, London, 9 July 2011, lot 90 a.

Literature:
cf. David Bindman, Henry Louis Gates, Karen C. C. Dalton, The Image of the Black in Western Art. From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition. Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque, Cambridge/London 2010, p. 183.

This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.