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Gaetano Monti of Milan – Arabian Horse

Gaetano Monti of Milan Milano 1751ā€“ 1827 Arabian Horse ā€¢ 19th century Plaster cast from the artist’s prototype, patinated and placed on a revolving iron base, 58 Ɨ 60 Ɨ 15 cm Another specimen, belonged to Gabriele D’Annunzio, is in Gardone, Vittoriale degli Italiani, see Andrea Bacchi, Il cavallo arabo di Gaetano Monti di Milano…

Melchior Barthel – Satyr

Melchior Barthel Dresden 1625 ā€“ 1672 SatyrĀ ā€¢ 1662 white Carrara marble, h. 53.5 cm Provenance: bought in Venice for Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria; described in the inventory of the collection of Archiduke Leopold Wilhelm of AustriaĀ  (A. Berger, Inventar und Kunstsammlung …, ā€œJahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wienā€, 1, 1883, p. CLXXVI, n. 514l);…

Francesco Pozzi – Two portraits

Francesco Pozzi Portoferraio 1790-Florence 1844 Portrait of a young man – Portrait of a woman ā€¢ 1810-19 ca. Pair of wax portraits, mounted on a blu foreground glass in a gilded frame, Ƙ 11 cm Both signed on the base of the bust, in relief: ā€œF. POZZI F.ā€; backside of theĀ  Portrait of a young…

Giuseppe De Fabris – Paolo and Francesca and Raphael and the Fornarina

GIUSEPPE DE FABRISĀ  (Nove, Vicenza 1790 – Rome 1860)Ā  Paolo and FrancescaĀ  1830Ā circaĀ  TerracottaĀ model, h 19.5 cmĀ  IscribedĀ inĀ penĀ under the base: “Fabris GiuseppeĀ /Ā discipleĀ of Canova Antonio / in 1833 heĀ wasĀ regentĀ of the Accademia deiĀ Virtuosi in the Pantheon”Ā  Ā Ā        Raphael andĀ theĀ FornarinaĀ  1830Ā circaĀ  TerracottaĀ model, h 16.5 cmĀ  IscribedĀ inĀ penĀ under the base: “Fabris Giuseppe /Ā Canova’sĀ disciple”Ā  Provenance: Rome, privateĀ collectionĀ  Ā 

Vincenzo Gemito – Head of a Young Boy, Piccolo Malatiello

Gemito Vincenzo Naples 1852-1929 Head of a Young Boy, Piccolo Malatiello ā€¢ 1870 ca. Terracotta with slight patina, 11.5 x 9 x 12 cm Reference bibliography: Salvatore Di Giacomo, Vincenzo Gemito. La vita, lā€™opera, Naples 1905; Ottavio Morisani, Vita di Gemito, Naples 1936; Alfredo Schettini, Gemito, Milan 1944; Carlo Siviero, Gemito, Naples 1953; Maria Simonetta…