EARLY 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THE VENETO AND POSSIBLY BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BONAZZA FAMILY (ACTIVE PADUA AND VENICE, LATE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY)

The present lot is part of a pair with a stone figure of The Punishment of Promethius which came to auction at Romano, Florence in October 2009, lot 155. The Bonazza family of sculptors began with Giovanni Bonazzi (1654-1736) who ran a prolific sculpture studio based in Padua with his sons Tomasso and Antonio.