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ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY | SIX FIGURES OF APOSTLES

Lot Closed

July 9, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

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ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY

SIX FIGURES OF APOSTLES


terracotta

one inscribed: Fev. 8 - 1826. 2o

the smallest: 19.5cm., 7¾in.

the largest: 21cm., 8¼in.


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The French date inscription on one figure (presumably representing St Peter) in this accomplished group of six Apostles would suggest that they were made as studies for a major ecclesiastical commission from the very early months of the reign of Charles X in France.