Bronze Bust Of Seneca After Guido Reni - Italy, 18th Century

Small bronze bust of Seneca after a model by Guido Reni (1575-1642)
Italy, 18th century

Dimensions:
Height of the bronze: 9.2 cm
Width of the bronze 7.8 cm
On a modern blackened mahogany base: total height 15.2 cm

This rare bronzetto is a reproduction of the famous terracotta bust representing Seneca and traditionally attributed to Guido Reni. See here the reference terracotta example preserved at the Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia: http://museopalazzovenezia.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/129/ricerca-nel-catalogo/108/testa-di-vecchio-seneca

This bust benefited from great success and significant posterity, several life-size bronze examples from the 17th and 18th centuries are documented (one appeared, as after the Antique, in the gallery of the sculptor François Girardon, see the engraved views of his gallery), or are still known today (see this example from the Franco Maria Ricci collection: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Da_guido_reni,_testa_di_seneca,_xvii_secolo_ca.jpg or this one preserved at Princeton's: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/19716 )

About this bust you will also read this notice: https://utpictura18.univ-amu.fr/notice/15388-seneque-dapres-modello-guido-reni