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Gaetano Monti of Milan – Arabian Horse

Gaetano Monti of Milan Milano 1751– 1827 Arabian Horse • 19th century Plaster cast from the artist’s prototype, patinated and placed on a revolving iron base, 58 Ă— 60 Ă— 15 cm Another specimen, belonged to Gabriele D’Annunzio, is in Gardone, Vittoriale degli Italiani, see Andrea Bacchi, Il cavallo arabo di Gaetano Monti di Milano…

Melchior Barthel – Satyr

Melchior Barthel Dresden 1625 – 1672 Satyr • 1662 white Carrara marble, h. 53.5 cm Provenance: bought in Venice for Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria; described in the inventory of the collection of Archiduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria  (A. Berger, Inventar und Kunstsammlung …, “Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien”, 1, 1883, p. CLXXVI, n. 514l);…

Giuseppe De Fabris – Paolo and Francesca and Raphael and the Fornarina

GIUSEPPE DE FABRIS  (Nove, Vicenza 1790 – Rome 1860)  Paolo and Francesca  1830 circa  Terracotta model, h 19.5 cm  Iscribed in pen under the base: “Fabris Giuseppe / disciple of Canova Antonio / in 1833 he was regent of the Accademia dei Virtuosi in the Pantheon”           Raphael and the Fornarina  1830 circa  Terracotta model, h 16.5 cm  Iscribed in pen under the base: “Fabris Giuseppe / Canova’s disciple”  Provenance: Rome, private collection   

Emilio Greco – Sybil (bronze)

EMILIO GRECO (Catania 1913 – Rome 1995) Sybil, 1951 Bronze, 57 x 51 x 32 cm Signed and dated lower right: GRECO 1951 Provenance: Rome, Riccardo Gualino collection; Forlì, private collection Bibliography and Exhibitions: VI Quadriennale Nazionale d’Arte di Roma, 1951, Room 8, pp. 12 – 13, n. 13; Bernhard Degenhart, Emilio Greco, Berlin und…

Emilio Greco – Sybil (terracotta)

EMILIO GRECO (Catania 1913 – Rome 1995) Sybil, 1951 Terracotta, 57 x 51 x 32 cm Signed and dated lower right: GRECO 1951 Provenance: Rome, Riccardo Gualino collection; Forlì, private collection Bibliography and Exhibitions: Wolfgang Braunfels, Meisterwerke europäischer Plastik von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Wien 1958, n. 165; Leonardo Sciascia, Emilio Greco, edited by…

Giovacchino (Rome 1756-1822) e Pietro Belli (1780-1828) – Monument to Maria Christina of Austria, from Canova

Giovacchino (Rome 1756-1822) and Pietro Belli (1780-1828) Monument to Maria Cristina of Austria, from Canova 1815 ca. Carrara statuary marble, black marble, hammered bronze, chiseled and gilded with double gilding, 21.7 x 18.5 x 7 cm Provenance: Italy, private collection This very refined scale reduction of the Monument to Maria Cristina of Austria by Canova, judged by Stendhal to be the most beautiful monument ever built, testifies to the cult of contemporaries for the great sculptor and the collecting taste for precious replicas of his inventions in different techniques, from gilded bronze…