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LIST OF BRONZES from the J. PIERPONT MORGAN COLLECTION On Approval in Mr. H.C. Frick's Office 1 East 70th Street.
M.B. 23. VENUS BELLANO. Full length standing figure, the upper part of the body nude, the lower draped to the feet. She holds the apple in her right hand and turns her head, looking down at it. Her hair, adorned with a small diadem is rolled back from her face and gathered in a knot at the back; a ringlet on either side of her face falls to the shoulders. She stands on a small circular base, her bare feet are visible below the folds of the drapery. The modelling of the hands, with the small transverse furrows on the fingers, and the treatment of the folds of the drapery are characteristic. Mannheim Collection. Plate XX. Gilded bronze. Ht.10-1/4" $5,000.-
M.B. 24. QUEEN TOMYRIS WITH THE HEAD OF CYRUS. BELLANO. Plate XXI. Full length female figure standing on a low triangular pedestal which is raised on three ball feet and decorated with a narrow band of ornament. On the palm of her right hand she holds the decapitated head of a bearded man.. She turns her head to look at it, horror stricken, yet apparently fascinated by the sight; her lips are parted, her eyes dilated and she raises her left hand with a gesture of monsternation. Her hair which falls in wiry curls about her neck and temples is adorned with a crown of the same form as that which encircles the head of her victim. Plate XXI. Collection of Prince Serracini. $10,000.00
M.B. 84. THE RESURRECTION. VECCHIETTA. Lorenzo di Pietro, called Vechietta. School of Sienna. Born at Sienna 1412. Died there 1480. Goldsmith, architect, sculptor and painter. The figure of the Saviour partly draped, soars above the empty top surrounded by a glory of cherubim. His head is turned to the eight glancing eastwards; his right arm hands by His side, the left hand is raised. The wound prints of the nails are seen in the hands and feet. On eithter side of the supulchtre, on pinnacles of rock are two full length angles adoring the Risen Lord. Above are child angles floating on banks of cloud. In the foreground in front of the tomb are the sleeping forms of five soldiers, clad in armor and drawn with remarkable freedom and skill, some in contorted attitudes, others resting quietly in the natural relaxation of a deept sleep. The tomb, which has the form of a Roman sarcophagus with upright fluted columns bears an inscription on the central compartment, recording the name of the artist and the date when the composition was produced. The cover of the tomb in seen at the back, set up on end and resting against the side of the structure. Signed in full and dated 1472. Chigi Collection. Rodolphe Kann Coll'n. Plate LIII. H. 21" $62,400.-