A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) porcelain figure of Dottore Boloardo, modelled by G. Schettino, 1784-1788

wearing his characteristic black hat and costume and reading from the open book propped on his left knee, on a boldly coloured rocky base (minor chips)

With Lukacs-Donath, Rome

hat rim chip, minor chips to edges of book
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This model of the Dottore was conceived by the sculptor Giovanni Schettino, who executed a group of elegant figures between 1784 and 1788, among which the painted figure of a gentleman, signed " Schettino", in the Capodimonte Museum, Naples, illustrated by A. Caròla-Perrotti, op. cit., Naples, 1986, n.530, p.543. For a similar model, see A.Caròla-Perrotti, op.cit, Naples, 1986, fig.a, p. 526.