Bartolomeo Cavaceppi – Bust of Septimius Severus
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (Rome 1716-1799) Bust of Emperor Septimius Severus 1760-70 circa, terracotta, h. 37.5 cm  Â
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Bartolomeo Cavaceppi – Bust of Antoninus Pius
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (Rome 1716-1799) Bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius 1760-70 circa, terracotta, h. 37.5 cm  Â
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 Â
Vincenzo Gemito – Head of a Young Boy, Piccolo Malatiello
Gemito Vincenzo Naples 1852-1929 Head of a Young Boy, Piccolo Malatiello • 1870 ca. Terracotta with slight patina, 11.5 x 9 x 12 cm Reference bibliography: Salvatore Di Giacomo, Vincenzo Gemito. La vita, l’opera, Naples 1905; Ottavio Morisani, Vita di Gemito, Naples 1936; Alfredo Schettini, Gemito, Milan 1944; Carlo Siviero, Gemito, Naples 1953; Maria Simonetta…
Emilio Santarelli – Bust of François-Xavier Fabre
Emilio Santarelli Florence 1801-1886 Bust of François-Xavier Fabre (1766-1837) • 1820 ca. Marble, h. 62 cm
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…
Edoardo De Albertis – Allegorical Female Figure with a Festoon
Edoardo De Albertis Genoa 1874-1950 Allegorical Female Figure with a Festoon (possible study for the War Memorial of Genoa or the War Memorial of Cesarena) • 1923 ca. Original plaster sketch, 40 x 30 x 33 cm
Paolo Troubetzkoy – Gabriele D’Annunzio
Paolo Troubetzkoy Intra 1866 – Suna 1937 Gabriele D’Annunzio 1911 Bronze, lost wax, with dark patina, 43 x 31 x 32 cm Signed and dated at base: “Paul Troub[…] 1911”; foundry stamp: “C. Valsuani Cire Perdue” Provenance: Italy, private collection The long-lasting friendship between D’Annunzio and Troubetzkoy, witnessed by their meetings, correspondence and a poetical…
Carmine Tripodi – Self-portrait
Carmine Tripodi (Oppido Mamertina (Reggio Calabria) 1899 – Rome 1968) Self-portrait 1926 plaster, 52 x 22 x 20 cm
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…