ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
12 plus
ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
15 plus
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GLENN AND PATRICIA RANDALL, CLARENDON COURT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Monumental busts of Mars and Venus

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ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Monumental busts of Mars and Venus
Each in plumed helmet, armor and with drapery about the shoulders
marble
Mars: 36 ½ in. (92.75 cm.) high, the figure
Venus: 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, the figure(2)
Provenance
Either Edward Harrison (1674-1732)
Or Audrey, Lady Lynn and later Lady Townshend (d. 1788),
and thence by descent to John, 5th Marquess Townshend (d. 1899), at Balls Park, Hertfordshire, where recorded in photographs in 1899,
and thence by descent to his son George, 6th Marquess Townshend (d. 1921), and removed in 1901 to Raynham Park, Norfolk.
Thence by descent; sold Christies, London, 14 November 2013, lot 28.
Literature
Balls Park, Photograph Album, 26 October 1899.
'Raynham Hall. Norfolk. The Seat of The Marquess of Townshend.', Country Life, 18 July 1908, p. 97.
C. Latham, In Country Homes, III, London, 1909, p. 107 (illustrated).
C. Hussey, 'Raynham Hall - II. Norfolk. The Seat of The Marquess Townshend.', Country Life, 21 November 1925, p. 783.

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Taylor Alessio
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