Sculpture - Bronze - Passing Bull - J. Bologna - Italy - 18th Century

Statuette of a passing bull after a model by John of Bologna di Giambologna* (1529-1608) Bronze on an oval stepped base in black marble and sienna marble. The animal is shown in profile, its head turned to the left and its left paw raised. * The Giambologna model, probably made for the Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, was documented for the first time in 1753. A bronze of this model kept at the Bargello Museum in Florence is the only one considered to be an autograph (cf. Dhanens, Jean Boulogne, Giovanni Bologna Fiammingo, Brussels, 1956). Italy, 18th century.