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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roaring20s, post: 12601023, member: 17270&quot;]It’s frustrating to have an unmarked item to search for when there are so many copies of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cast base will cull all others from a visual search, but I find focusing on that is hard. Instead look at the figure on the right, the palm of his hand facing away from his face. This is an easy item to focus on while conducting a visual search.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe I have found a linage of style.</p><p><br /></p><p>The oldest in this style that I’ve found is this by Francesco Fanelli (1590 - 1653).</p><p>It has similar hand gesture and serpent scales.</p><p><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/master-sculpture-works-of-art/attributed-to-francesco-fanelli-1590-1653-attribue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/master-sculpture-works-of-art/attributed-to-francesco-fanelli-1590-1653-attribue" rel="nofollow">https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/master-sculpture-works-of-art/attributed-to-francesco-fanelli-1590-1653-attribue</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The next is much closer, it is described just as 18th/19th C. Italian Bronze. It has all the matching elements, including the size of your statue, and it surpasses in quality.</p><p><a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/18th-19th-c-italian-bronze-laocoon-group-statue-1105-c-d774c71a5c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/18th-19th-c-italian-bronze-laocoon-group-statue-1105-c-d774c71a5c" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/18th-19th-c-italian-bronze-laocoon-group-statue-1105-c-d774c71a5c</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I’d say that yours is a descendant of the above.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555720[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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