19th and 20th Century Sculpture
19th and 20th Century Sculpture
Auction Closed
December 11, 11:50 AM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
FLAMINIO LUCCA
Italian
active second half 19th century
LA MODESTIA (MODESTY)
signed and dated: Lucca Flaminio / Milano 1868
white marble
58cm., 22⅞in.
This beautiful bust is likely to represent La Modestia, which Lucca exhibited in Naples in 1877, see A. Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’Ottocento e del Primo Novecento, Turin, 2003, p. 522.