Antonio Susini after Giovannni da Bologna gen. Giambologna (1558 Florence - 1624 ibid. or 1529 Douai - 1608 Florence) Nessus (Nessos) and Dejanira (Deïaneira) Pewter, partly chiselled. Ebonised wood base with gilt bronze feet. Fully sculpted group, probably from the 18th or 19th century, with a scene from Greek mythology featuring the centaur Nessus abducting the king's daughter Dejanira (or daughter of Dionysus) as the wife of Heracles. The present group follows a bronze sculpture by Antonio Susini, the main master in Giambologna's bronze foundry. In this case, Susini modified another of Giambologna's bronzes (the so-called Type B). Figure h. 38 cm; total h. 51.5 cm. Among the bronzes attributable to Susini with the same depiction are examples in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and in the Liechtenstein Collection. Cf. cat. "Giambologna 1529 - 1608. Ein Wendepunkt der europäischen Plastik", Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 1978, pp. 147ff., nos. 66 and 66a. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - Part II. After Antonio Susini (1558 - 1624) and Giambologna (1529 - 1608). Pewter sculpture figure group depicting Nessus and Dejanira, probably 18th or 19th century. Ebonised wooden base with gilt bronze feet.