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Giovanni Maria Benzoni 1809-1873 La Riconoscenza (gratitude) ROMA, 1879
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- Giovanni Maria Benzoni
- height 30 3/4 in.
- 78 cm
carved carrara marble, signed G. M. BENZONI. F. ROMA A 1879. Weathered.
Literature
Alfonso Panzetta, Dizionario degli Scultori italiani, vol. I, Adarte, 2003, p. 84
Catalogue Note
The present work, La Riconoscenza, was exhibited, together with it's pendant group Innocenza difesa dalla fedelta at the Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851. An example of this group, dated 1852, sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 1, 2001, lot 192, $84,125.