Bust of Anima Dannata
Bust of Anima Dannata
Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656–1740)
to
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680)
1705-07
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- Material/technique
- bronze, with original red-gold lacquer patina, socle of beige limestone
- Measurements
- Bronze 39.5 × 27.5 × 26.5 cm, base: 21.0 × 20.8 × 15.5 cm, total 60.5 × 27.5 × 26.5 cm
- Acquisition
- reacquired in 1993 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
- Currently exhibited
- Garden Palace, permanent presentation
- Artists/makers/authors
- Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi
- to Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Inventory number
- SK 517
- Provenance
- Proposed in 1705 by the artist Prince Johann Adam Andreas I. von Liechtenstein together with the Anima Beata (inv. no. SK 516) as a subject for bronzes; acquired 1707; sold 1920 to the antique shop J. Glückselig & Sohn, Vienna; private collection, Vienna; 3. 12. 1929 Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, lot 37; reacquired 1993 by Prince Hans-Adam II. von und zu Liechtenstein from the Gallery U. Keplera, Prague
- Place of origin
- Florence