After Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652-1725) and Bartolomeo Cennini (active 1624-1675), Italy, late 18th-early 19th century Gian Gastone de Medici Marble bust Resting on a flared marble base H. 101 cm (39 ¾ in.) Comparative bibliography: K. Langedijk, The Portraits of the Medici 15th-18th Centuries, 1983, vol. 3, pp. 797-806 and 969-973; S. Bellesi, Duchi e granduchi medicei in una serie di terrecotte fiorentine del primo Settecento, Florence, 1997. A carved marble bust of Gian Gastone de'Medici (1671-1737), after Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652-1725) and Bartolomeo Cennini (active 1624-1675), Italian, late 18th-early 19th century The bust of Gian Gastone de Medici is an almost identical version of a terracotta bust attributed by Sandro Bellesi to the workshop of Giovanni Battista Foggini and kept in a private collection. *Information for buyers: Lot from outside the EU: The hammer price is exclusive of VAT. VAT at the reduced rate of 5.5% applies to the hammer price. This VAT is recoverable for French professionals. It is reimbursable for a buyer from outside the EU on presentation of proof of export from the EU or for a professional bidder providing proof of an intra-Community VAT number and a document proving delivery in the Member State. *Information to the buyers : Lot from outside the EU : The hammer price and premium will be VAT excluded. 5.5% VAT will be added to the hammer price and premium. Upon request, this VAT can be refunded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside EU, or to the EU purchaser who will submit his intracommunity VAT number and a proof of shipment to an EU country.