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Agostino Cornacchini (Pescia 1686 – Rome 1754) Apollo in the Guise of a Swan Awakening Eros from Sleep; 1714-27 ca.; terracotta with slipware (ingobbiatura), cm 32 x 68 x 51 The terracotta model discussed here was interpreted by Stella Rudolph in 2007 (written communication of 20 October 2007) as a Sleeping Eros and attributed…
Carlo Albacini (Fabriano 1734? – Rome 1813) Bust of Virgili 1790 ca. marble h. 58 cm
Medardo Rosso (Turin 1858 – Milan 1928) Birichino or Gavroche; 1887-88; bronze, Bronze, height 29.7 cm, with a small screwed plate, fused with the sculpture, on a base formed by a reworked fragment of an antique base in breccia marble, height 13.8 cm. Under the base are glued two old labels, a rectangular one on…
Filippo Tagliolini Fogliano di Cascia 1745–Naples 1809 Portrait of Sir William Hamilton 1781- 1783 Rectangular terracotta plaque, 43.5 × 30 cm Coeval frame in veneered wood, probably southern Provenance: Naples, private collection Sir William Hamilton, Plenipotentiary Ambassador of His Britannic Majesty to the Kingdom of Naples, is depicted in profile, facing to the left and attired in full dress…
Lorenzo Bartolini Savignano di Prato 1777-Florence 1850) George Gordon VI Duke of Byron 1822 Dried raw clay (terracruda), h 50 cm Provenance: Milan, private collection From the sources we know that on January 3, 1822 Byron, then in Pisa, posed for Bartolini who had expressed a wish to do his portrait. The poet…
Romano Dazzi (Rome 1905–La Lima, Pistoia 1976) Portrait of the Boxer Jack Johnson (Galveston 1878-Raleigh 1946) 1938 Polychrome ceramic, Manufacture Cantagalli Firenze (attribuited to), h. 48.5 cm Signed and dated under base: “F.RE DAZZI 1938” Provenance: Italy, private collection
Vincenzo Gemito (Naples 1852 – 1929) Head of Medusa 1920 ca. Gilded bronze, h. 18 cm Signed on back side: Gemito
Caterina de Julianis (Naples ca. 1670–1743) Penitent Magdalene 1717 Polychrome wax, painted paper, glass, tempera on paper and other materials, 21.5 × 27 cm, within the original gilded and ebonized frame, 53.7 × 59 cm, sealed on the back with lead leaf Signed and dated on the lower left: “Caterina de Julianis F. 1717” Provenance:…
Lawrence MacDonald (Findo Gask, Scotland 1799 – Rome 1878) Cupid Ruling Apollo’s Swan (Allegory of the Amorous Poetry) 1840 ca.; marble, h. cm 100, signed on a wing: “L. MACDONALD”, provenance: Italy, descendants of the artist
Giuseppe Sanmartino, attributed to (Naples 1720 – 1793) Couple of Figures in Chinoiserie: Female Figure at the Mirror, Male Figure with Mirror and Mask 1770 ca. Marble, gildings, height 80 cm Provenance: San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples, Villa Bruno; Rome, Bruno family These unique marble statuettes – of two people whose features, hairstyle…