Allegorical Figure of Prudence, from Palazzo Giugni, Florence

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Allegorical Figure of Prudence, from Palazzo Giugni, Florence

circa 1703-1708
Sculpture
White carrara marble
Figure: 71 5/8 × 29 × 22 in. (181.93 × 73.66 × 55.88 cm) Base: 41 1/4 × 31 × 22 in. (104.78 × 78.74 × 55.88 cm)
GIft of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2011.81.2)
European Sculpture
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Commissioned from the artist ca.

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Commissioned from the artist ca. 1703–4 by Niccolò Maria Giugni (1672–1717),(1) Palazzo Giugni, Florence, by descent to; Niccolò Giugni (1714–1775), by descent to; Doria Colonna family, who purchased the palace and most of its contents in 1830, to; the Fraschetti family, who purchased the palace and its contents in 1893, sold by 1904 through; [Gustavo Volterra and Adele Melli, Florence, to]; James Buchanan Duke (1856–1925), Duke Farms, Somerville, NJ, by descent to; Doris Duke (1912–1993) (sale, Morristown, NJ, Millea Brothers Auction House, 3 May 2009, lots 836, 837 to); [Trinity Fine Art Ltd., London, sold 2011 to]; LACMA.

Footnote

(1) Inventario dei beni di Niccolò Giugni presenti alla sua morte nel palazzo di via degli Alfani a Firenze, 1775. Archivio di Stato, Florence, Magistrato dei Pupili del Principate, 2701, nos. 166-253.
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Bibliography

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  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Freddolini, Francesco. Giovanni Baratta 1670-1747: Scultura e Industria del Marmo tra la Toscana e le Corti d'Europa. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2013.
  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Freddolini, Francesco, Carlo Milano, and John Winter. Giovanni Baratta: the statues from Palazzo Giugni rediscovered. London: Trinity Fine Art, 2010.
  • Freddolini, Francesco. Giovanni Baratta, 1670-1747: Scultura e Industria del Marmo tra la Toscana e le Corti d'Europa. Roma: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 2013. 
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