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Filippo Tagliolini – Portrait of Sir William Hamilton

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 – Lord Byron

  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 – The Boxer Jack Johnson

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

Laura Bellini – Portrait of a Man

Laura Bellini (Ancona 1915-Rome 1976)  Portrait of a Man  Oil on panel, 50.5 × 40 cm  Provenance: Rome, private collection    A rare work by this artist, considered one of the last exponents of the Roman School. Contributing to the Mayoral exhibitions of the years 1937, 1938 and 1940 as well as the Quadriennale of 1939 (Renato Breda, 1890-1940. Artisti e Mostre. Repertorio di pittori e incisori italiani in esposizioni nazionali, Rome 2001,…