STATUTE in patinated bronze, usually called a "thorn puller" - Lot 115

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STATUTE in patinated bronze, usually called a "thorn puller" - Lot 115
STATUTE in patinated bronze, usually called a "thorn puller", depicting an undressed woman cutting her nails, seated on a trunk. Marble base. Total height: 16.5 cm Model inspired by the fresco "Venus wounded by a thorn", painted in 1516 by Raphael to decorate Cardinal Bibbiena's bathroom in Rome, known from an engraving by Marco Dente. The Musée du Louvre holds an ivory copy of this statuette, probably 18th-century German. Comparative bibliography: Bode, The Italian bronze statuettes of the Renaissance, New York, Draper, 1980, plate CCXVII.
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