Giovanni Battista Foggini
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Giovanni Battista Foggini #12,475Established

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personItalian, 1652–1725lock_openPublic domain: US, EU, UK, CA, MX, CO · 94% confidence
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Selected Works27

Museum Acquisitions

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Fall of Phaeton
The Fall of Phaeton, 1710
Acquired 2020
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, and heightened with white on laid paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Wild Boar
The Wild Boar, 1700
Acquired 2009
Bronze
Getty Museum
Dancing Faun
Dancing Faun, 1700
Acquired 2000
LACMA
Time Ravishing Beauty
Time Ravishing Beauty, 1700
Acquired 1974
Bronze
Cleveland Museum of Art
Study of a Stallion
Study of a Stallion
Acquired 1973
black chalk and brush and gray wash
Cleveland Museum of Art
David Victorious over Goliath
David Victorious over Goliath, 1722
Acquired 1966
terracotta
Louvre
Le Cardinal Léopold de Médicis (1617-1675)
Le Cardinal Léopold de Médicis (1617-1675), 1675
Acquired 1700
marbre
Louvre
Arrotino
Arrotino, 1684
Acquired 1684
marbre
Louvre
Messe de San Andrea Corsini
Messe de San Andrea Corsini, 1683
Acquired 1683
Plume et encre brune, lavis brun sur traits de pierre noire et quelques traces de sanguine. Annotation à la plume et encre noire en bas au centre : 'Gio. Batista Foggini di fiorenza'. Collé en plein.
Louvre
Sigismond, roi des Burgondes apparaissant à un jeune-homme blessé
Sigismond, roi des Burgondes apparaissant à un jeune-homme blessé
In museum collection
Plume et encre brune, lavis gris, pierre noire. Annoté à la plume et encre brune, en bas, à droite : 'Del Foggi(ni)', et, au centre monogramme 'B'. Annoté au verso, à la plume et encre brune : 1) 'Gio. Batt.a Foggini, Born 1652. Studied the works of Ercole Ferrata and Ciro Ferri; betook the works himself entirely to sculpture, that given various proofs of his great abilities particularly in the ch. of the Carmelites of Florence, the three vast Historical Bas-Reliefs, in marble, of the chapel of
Louvre
Mucius Scaevola tuant le secrétaire du roi Porsenna
Mucius Scaevola tuant le secrétaire du roi Porsenna
In museum collection
Plume et encre brune, lavis brun, touches de lavis rosé, sur tracé préparatoire à la pierre noire. H. 197; L. 264 mm; Collé en plein sur un montage Mariette : H. 524; L. 400 mm; Sur le montage, dans un cartouche, à la plume et encre brune : ANT. DOMINICI / GABBIANI, de part et d'autre du cartouche, à la plume et encre noire, de la main de Saint-Morys : Ecole / florentine et enfin, sous le dessin, en bas à gauche sur la bande blanche en réserve, à la plume et encre brune : Domenico Gabiani. Ecole
Louvre
Allégorie de la Sagesse
Allégorie de la Sagesse
In museum collection
Plume et encre brune, lavis brun sur pierre noire. Collé sur les quatre bords.
Louvre
Projet décoratif avec Neptune, deux tritons et deux chevaux marins
Projet décoratif avec Neptune, deux tritons et deux chevaux marins
In museum collection
Plume et encre brune, lavis gris, pierre noire. Monogramme à la plume et à l'encre brune : 'SB'. Collé sur les quatre bords.
Louvre
Histoire de saint Cresci
Histoire de saint Cresci
In museum collection
Plume et encre brune, lavis brun et gris, rehauts de blanc, pierre noire. Collé en plein.
Louvre
Etude de décoration pour une chaise à porteurs
Etude de décoration pour une chaise à porteurs
In museum collection
Plume et encre noire, sur premier tracé à la pierre noire. Appartenait aux "Albums dits de Maratta" de la collection Lambert Krahe.

Previous Sales

Lempertz
Three Studies for a Standing Figure
Three Studies for a Standing Figure
Sold
May 2024
Lempertz
Study for an Apse
Study for an Apse
Sold
May 2024
Christie's
The Fall of Phaeton
The Fall of Phaeton
£21,250 ($28k USD)
Dec 2020
Christie's
A battle scene outside a walled city
A battle scene outside a walled city
£6,250 ($8k USD)
Jul 2018
Christie's
The Death of the Children of Niobe
The Death of the Children of Niobe
£21,600 ($29k USD)
Jul 2006
Christie's
Study for a frame decorated with laurel and acanthus leaves, a soldier in a shield in the lower section
Study for a frame decorated with laurel and acanthus leaves, a soldier in a shield in the lower section
£3,600 ($5k USD)
Jul 2005
Christie's
Twenty-seven Designs for a Crown, a Fireplace, Altars, Frames, Chalices, Monstrances, Candelabra, Vases, Stucco Decorations, one with the Medici arms
Twenty-seven Designs for a Crown, a Fireplace, Altars, Frames, Chalices, Monstrances, Candelabra, Vases, Stucco Decorations, one with the Medici arms
$5,750
Jan 1998

For Sale

Hill Art Foundation · Artsy
Laocoön
Laocoön
For sale
Bronze
Carlo Orsi - Trinity Fine Art · Artsy
Portrait of Margherite-Louise d’Orléans
Portrait of Margherite-Louise d’Orléans, 1690
For sale
Marble
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Artsy
Ferdinando de' Medici (1663–1713), Grand Prince of Tuscany
Ferdinando de' Medici (1663–1713), Grand Prince of Tuscany, 1680
For sale
Marble with base of gray marble
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
A Monstrance with Two Angels Supporting a Chalice
A Monstrance with Two Angels Supporting a Chalice
For sale
Black chalk and pen and brown ink, partially squared in black chalk, on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
A Reliquary of Saint Sigismondo
A Reliquary of Saint Sigismondo, 1719
For sale
Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The Fall of Phaeton
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.479 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, and heightened with white on laid paper
Museum purchase funded by the Vaughn Foundation Fund
A Reliquary of Saint Sigismondo
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2010 · Accession 2010.38.1 · pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
The Wild Boar
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2009 · Accession 2009.20 · Bronze
Museum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment
Dancing Faun
J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2000 · Accession 2000.8 · Sculpture
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
A Monstrance with Two Angels Supporting a Chalice
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 1995 · Accession 1995.15.1 · black chalk and pen and brown ink, partially squared in black chalk, on laid paper
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession 1993.332.2 · Marble, gray marble
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993
Cosimo III de' Medici (1642–1723), Grand Duke of Tuscany
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1993 · Accession 1993.332.1 · Marble with base of gray marble
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993
The suicide of Ajax
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1987 · Accession 1987.13 · Bronze
Purchase, Edith Perry Chapman Fund and Bequest of Bernard M. Baruch, by exchange, 1987
Laocöon
J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1985 · Accession 85.SB.413 · Sculpture
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Studies for a Sculpture with Figures of Prudence, Industry and Economy Supported by Slaves and an Oval Plaque with Cartouche; Separate Study for a Cupola (Recto). Studies for Figural Ornament (Verso).
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1985 · Accession 1985.1016 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk (recto and verso)
Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1985
A Sheet of Studies with Architectural Motifs and Two Sketches for a Visitation (Recto). Sketch for a Funerary Monument (Verso)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1985 · Accession 1985.327.1 · Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso)
Gift of Alice F. Steiner, 1985
Studies for a Kneeling Figure of Christ and Altar Fronts.
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1977 · Accession 1977.522.2 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk; the secondary paper support is outlined with brush and pink wash on the verso
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1977
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Art Fair Appearances1

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TEFAF New York — New York
2018
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Art Fair
TEFAF New York 2018
Oct 27, 2018