dark brown patina on architectural gilt and painted wood base set with two marble panels

Overall the bronze is in very good condition with some wear to the patina consistent with age. There are a few visible casting plugs, including one on the back of the neck and one under the belly. There is overall wear to the painted surface of the base and some chips to the base.
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Both Weihrauch and Wixom believe this model to emanate from the workshops of Giambologna. However, more recent research by Avery on a closely similar but larger variant in the Alexis Gregory collection has identified Fanelli as the undisputed author of this group of related horses.

RELATED LITERATURE
E. Goldschmidt, Königliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin, 1914) pp. 36-7, nos.170-171, pl. 56; H. Wiehrauch, Die Bildwerke in Bronze (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum) Munich, p. 226, pl. 273; W. Wixom, Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections (Cleveland Museum of Art) 1976, no. 146