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Venanzo Crocetti – David

Venanzo Crocetti Giulianova 1913 – Rome 2003 David • 1935 Bronze, 120 x 60 x 92 cm Signed and dated on the side of the trunk: CROCETTI / 35 Essential Reference Bibliography: XXI Biennale Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia 1938 – XVI, exhibition catalogue (Venezia, Palazzo dell’Esposizione, 1° giugno-30 settembre 1938), Venezia 1938, p.  116; M. Venturoli,…

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 × 60 × 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);…

Francesco Pozzi – Two portraits

Francesco Pozzi Portoferraio 1790-Florence 1844 Portrait of a young man – Portrait of a woman • 1810-19 ca. Pair of wax portraits, mounted on a blu foreground glass in a gilded frame, Ø 11 cm Both signed on the base of the bust, in relief: “F. POZZI F.”; backside of the  Portrait of a young…