• view of the bust when purchased, circa 2015
  • view of the torso with paint coat
  • detail showing plaster on the lower region
  • detail showing plaster on the upper right
  • details showing work in progress
  • details showing the progress while removing the paint
  • detail showing one of the holes used for the dating test
  • details showing the old paster restoration forbidding the original terracotta pieces to properly align together
  • details showing the old paster restoration forbidding the original terracotta pieces to properly align together (2)
  • detail showing the application of wet cloth to soften the plaster
  • details showing the properly aligned parts beign re-secured together
  • details showing the torso before and after filling up the break lines
  • detail
  • detail showing the traces from where the collar was originally departing
  • detail showing the lacking parts of the drapery
  • smaller sliver and bronze sculpture made after our bust
  • detail of the equestrian portrait of Philipp IV of Spain by Pietro Tacca
  • Details showing similarities in carving details of both sculptures

Buste du Grand Duc Ferdinando II de Medici (1610-1670)

Pietro Tacca (1577-1640)

Acquisition par un grand collectionneur privé

 

Italie, Florence, XVIIe siècle.

Terre cuite sur une base en bois.

Buste : 75.5 cm.

Base : 11 cm.

PROVENANCE : Acheté par un aristocrate français alors qu’il était en mission à la Villa Médicis à Rome vers 1880. Ramené en France à son retour, vers 1900. Resté dans la famille du propriétaire par descendance jusqu’à son achat par le marché de l’art français vers 2014. Acheté sur le marché de l’art français vers 2015.