A charmingly naive sculpture in Lime wood depicting Atlas holding aloft a celestial globe, retains elements of the original paint with a deep blue globe and gold stars, Atlas adopts a pose similar to that of Artus Quellinus the Elder's rendition for the Royal Palace in Amsterdam from around 1650.
Standing on a marbled stepped plinth
Italian, Late 17th century
Height 7 1/2”
A charmingly naive sculpture in Lime wood depicting Atlas holding aloft a celestial globe, retains elements of the original paint with a deep blue globe and gold stars, Atlas adopts a pose similar to that of Artus Quellinus the Elder's rendition for the Royal Palace in Amsterdam from around 1650.
Standing on a marbled stepped plinth
Italian, Late 17th century
Height 7 1/2”
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