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Giovanni Battista Foggini
Time Ravishing Beautycirca 1700-1725

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Dark brown patinated bronze sculpture group of three figures: a winged bearded man carrying a nude woman aloft, with a helmeted crouching figure below, on a wave-carved oval base
Bronze sculpture group with dark patina depicting three figures: a winged figure carrying an upward-reaching female figure, with a small putto at the base, all rising from a rocky oval base with dynamic, spiraling composition and finely detailed drapery and feathered wings.
Bronze sculpture of two intertwined figures on a naturalistic base: a winged male figure grasps a female figure whose arm reaches upward, drapery swirling dynamically; dark patinated surface with finely detailed feathered wings and foliage at the base.
Bronze sculpture group of three figures on a rocky base: a central winged figure with billowing drapery, an upper figure with one arm raised overhead, and a smaller crouching figure below; dark brown patina with highly detailed modeling throughout.
Bronze sculptural group with dark patina depicting two large winged figures grasping a limp female figure whose arm extends upward, with a smaller figure at the base, set on an oval naturalistic plinth with dynamic, swirling drapery throughout.
Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Foggini
Italy, Florence, 1652-1725
Title
Time Ravishing Beauty
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1700-1725
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
21 3/8 x 14 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (54.29 x 36.83 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Michael J. Connell Foundation
Accession Number
M.74.8
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Wengraf, Patricia. Renaissance & Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2014.
  • Montanari, Tomaso, and Dimitrios Zikos, eds. Making Beauty: the Ginori Porcelain Manufactory and its Progeny of Statues. Florence: Mandragora, 2017.
  • Schmidt, Eike D., Sandro Bellesi, and Riccardo Gennaioli, editors. Plasmato dal fuoco: la Scultura in Bronzo nella Firenze degli Ultimi Medici. Firenze: Galleria degli Uffizi, 2019.