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Rape of Deianira
Manner of: Giambologna (Jean Boulogne) (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1529–1608)
Italian
Renaissance
16th century
Object Place: Europe, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
39.37 x 16.83 x 33.34 cm (15 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number52.280
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBronze, on molded wood base, painted black. Centaur rearing; solder (?) spots on rump and belly.
ProvenanceBy 1912, Willibald (Willy) von Dirksen (b. 1852 - d. 1928), Berlin [see note 1]; April 28-29, 1931, Dirksen sale, Lepke, Berlin, lot 454, sold for M 3000. By 1946, Eugene L. Garbáty (b. 1880 - d. 1966), New York and East Norwalk, CT [see note 2]; 1952, sold by Garbáty to the MFA for $4000. (Accession Date: March 13, 1952)
NOTES:
[1] See Wilhelm von Bode, Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, ed. and revised by James David Draper (New York, 1980), 104, CLXXXVIII, 1.
[2] Eugene Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, and brought much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.
NOTES:
[1] See Wilhelm von Bode, Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, ed. and revised by James David Draper (New York, 1980), 104, CLXXXVIII, 1.
[2] Eugene Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, and brought much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.