Important European Terracotta & Bronze Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections

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Lot 509
  • 509

Italy, mid 19th century

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Sketch-model for a wall monument with male portrait bust
  • terracotta relief
  • height 13 1/2 in., width 8 in.; 34.3 cm, 23 cm

Exhibited

Washington, New York, Cambridge 1979-1982, no. 55 (illus.); New York 1981, no. 62

Catalogue Note

This terracotta would have been presented as a model to the tomb's patron. The subject was seemingly an aristocrat, as evidenced by the armorial shields surmounted by coronets.