19th and 20th Century Sculpture
19th and 20th Century Sculpture
Auction Closed
July 10, 03:03 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
GIOVANNI BATTISTA LOMBARDI
Italian
1823-1880
MIDDLE EASTERN SORCERESS
signed: GB Lombardi fece, Roma
white marble
116.5cm., 45⅞in.
Lombardi was born in Rezzato, where he attended the School of Design, before becoming a pupil of Lorenzo Vela in Milan, and subsequently moving to Rome to work with Tenerani on funerary monuments, busts and reliefs of religious and classical inspiration.