Sculpture,
"Praying Boy", late 19th/early 20th century, modelled after the ancient Greek Boidas (300 BC.). A patinated cast zinc figure on a painted sandstone plinth. Height 138 cm. (152 cm with plinth). (PZ)
The original is currently in the Berlin collection of antiquities, and is considered the most important work of early Hellenistic art. It was excavated around 1500 on the island of Rhodes and over the centuries was housed in the most important locations in Europe, such as the Palace of Whitehall in London, Castle Veaux - le Viconte and the Louvre in Paris, Sanssouci in Potsdam, as well as Palais Lichtenstein and the Belvedere in Vienna.
Specialist: Ulrich Prinz
Ulrich Prinz
+43-664-1843716
ulrich.prinz@dorotheum.at
21.10.2015 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 6,000.- to EUR 8,000.-
Sculpture,
"Praying Boy", late 19th/early 20th century, modelled after the ancient Greek Boidas (300 BC.). A patinated cast zinc figure on a painted sandstone plinth. Height 138 cm. (152 cm with plinth). (PZ)
The original is currently in the Berlin collection of antiquities, and is considered the most important work of early Hellenistic art. It was excavated around 1500 on the island of Rhodes and over the centuries was housed in the most important locations in Europe, such as the Palace of Whitehall in London, Castle Veaux - le Viconte and the Louvre in Paris, Sanssouci in Potsdam, as well as Palais Lichtenstein and the Belvedere in Vienna.
Specialist: Ulrich Prinz
Ulrich Prinz
+43-664-1843716
ulrich.prinz@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art (Furniture, Sculpture, Glass and porcelain) |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 21.10.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 10.10. - 21.10.2015 |