Lot 113: LUIGI  BIENAIMÉ  (1795-1878),ITALIAN,  1835

PROPERTY  OF  AN  ENGLISH  PRIVATE  COLLECTOR
TELEMACHUS  ARMING
signed:  L.  BIENAIMÉ.  F.  and  dated:  ROMA.  1835.
white  marble
193cm.,  76in.

A. M. Ricci, Scultore di Luigi Bienaimé da Carrara, Rome, 1838,
H. Tesan, Thorvaldsen und seine Bildhauerschule in Rom, Cologne, 1998, p. 168

Prince Galitzin, probably identifiable as Prince Dmitri Vladimirovich Galitzin (1771–1844), in 1835;
Richard Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, later 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795-1869), Eaton Hall, Cheshire;
thence by descent to Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, later 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899);
Wm. Haswell and Son, stonemasons, Chester, from circa 1870;
acquired by the present owner in 1978