15th Cen Florentine Terracotta Bust of a Lady Sculpture

Andrea Del Verrocchio, manner of
(Italian, 1435-1488)
Florentine Style, Bust of a Woman
Terracotta Cast
Italy, 15th Century or later
Sculpture: 23 1/2 in. x 16 in. x 9 in.

Condition: Fair condition. For inquiries, condition report and additional images please email info.hillgallery@gmail.com

Provenance: Duveen Brothers; Norton Simon Foundation, Los Angeles; John and Johanna Bass Collection; Bass Museum of Art after 1963.

Additional Info: Parke-Bernet sale catalogue May 7th-8th, 1971, lot no. 111, "terracotta bust of a lady, late 15th century Florentine style cast", dedicated sale of the property belonging to the Norton Simon Foundation.

Literature: The John and Johanna Bass Collection, Miami Beach, FL, 1973, No. 323.; Schuyler, Jane, Florentine Busts: Sculpted Portraiture in the Fifteenth Century, Garland Publishing, New York, 1976, p.174; Bode, Wilhelm von Denkmaeler der renaissance - Sculpture Toscanas, Munich, 1892-1905, p. 178, pl. 554-B; Kurz, Otto, 1948, p. 152-153; Vitroy, Paul, "La Collection de M., Gustave Dreyfus", les Arts Vol. 2, 1907, p. 25,28; Wittkower, Rudolph, "Sculpture in the Mellon Collection," Apollo Vo. 26, August 1937, p. 84.

Museum Inventory No. 1979.323

Collection of the Bass Museum of Art -Miami Beach, Florida. Proceeds to benefit the John and Johanna Bass Acquisitions Fund.

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