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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 × 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…

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