19th & 20th Century European Sculpture
Catalogue Information: 161 lots with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: w - ANNIBALE FONTANA ITALIAN, ACTIVE MID 19TH CENTURY AFTER LORENZO BARTOLINI (1777-1850)
L'ARNINA (A NYMPH OF THE ARNO)measurements note96cm., 37¾in.signed: ANNIBALE. E. FRATELLI FONTANA / CARRARAwhite marblePROVENANCEStokesay Court, ShropshireSold Sotheby's, 28th September 1994, Lot 425NOTEThis is a replica of Lorenzo Bartolini's Nymph [...more]
Lot 2: w - GIOVANNI ANTONIO LANZIROTTI ITALIAN, 1839-AFTER 1884
A PAIR OF GROUPS OF A BOY WITH A PARROT AND A GIRL WITH A SPANIELmeasurements noteboy: 48cm., 19in. girl: 51cm., 20 1/8 in.each signed: A.G. LANZIROTTIbronze, weathered green patina (2)NOTEBorn in Palermo, Sicily, Lanzirotti settled in Paris where he [...more]
Lot 3: w - HENRY DASSON FRENCH, 1825-1896
A CHILD PLAYING WITH A DUCKmeasurements note58cm., 23in.signed and dated: henry Dasson. 1878bronze, rich dark green-brown patina, on a shaped red veined marble base with ormolu mounts
Lot 4: w - PIETRO FRANCHI ITALIAN, 1817-1878 AFTER CHARLES-AUGUSTE FRAIKIN (1817-1893)
VENUS ET L'AMOUR (VENUS & CUPID)measurements notegroup: 89cm., 35in. column: 106cm., 41¾in.signed: Franchi Sct / Fraikin Invowhite marble, on veined white marble base (4)PROVENANCEStokesay Court, ShropshireSold by Sotheby's, 28th September 1994, [...more]
Lot 5: w - CARLO FINELLI ITALIAN, 1786-1853
A BUST OF PARISmeasurements note70.5cm., 27¾in.signed and dated: C: FINELLI. F. 1820 and inscribed Paride Romawhite marble, on white marble socleNOTEIn the Iliad Homer described the shepherd Paris as being "beautiful as a God". He is famed for his ju [...more]
