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Property from a Swiss private collection

Francesco Righetti (Rome 1749 - 1819)

Bust of the Emperor Tiberius

Auction Closed

July 4, 03:04 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Swiss private collection


Francesco Righetti (Rome 1749 - 1819)

Italian, Rome, 1789

Bust of the Emperor Tiberius


signed and dated: F. RIGHETTI. F. ROMAE. 1789

bronze, brown patina and silvered bronze on a green and white marble socle with gilt bronze mounts

entitled: III. TIBERIO

41.5cm., 16½in.

Sotheby's Monaco, 3 December 1994, lot 358
A. Gonzales-Palacios, 'Souvenirs de Rome,' in A. d'Agliano and L. Melegati (eds.), Ricordi dell'Antico: Sculture, Porcellane e Arredi all' Epoca del Grand Tour, Milan, Rome, 2008, pp. 45, fig. 42 (reproduced from the sale Sotheby's, Monaco)