The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part II
The Giordano Collection: Une Vision Muséale Part II
Workshop of Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo
Portrait of the General Claude-Jacques Lecourbe
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Workshop of Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820), Turin, circa 1800
Portrait of the General Claude-Jacques Lecourbe (1759 - 1815)
limewood relief, on a tinted and ebonised fruit wood background; in a wood frame
inscribed on a cartouche LECOURBE and numbered 37 and 38
23,5 x 21 cm ; 9 ¼ x 8 ¼ in.
Sotheby's Paris, 26 June 2019, lot 146.
Sculptor and cabinetmaker of the Royal Family in Turin, Bonzanigo became a master in the art of microscultura. He was frequently commissioned for the Savoy residences: in Turin, Moncalieri, Rivoli and Venaria. In 1787, he was named wood sculptor of Vittorio Amadeo III, King of Sardinia, and in 1817, after the fall of Napoleon, First Sculptor to Victor Emmanuel 1st. Many portraits carved by Bonzanigo are known depicting the Savoy family, Piedmontese aristocracy and members of Napoleon's inner circle. A profile of Napoleon sold by Sotheby's New York, on 31 January 2013, lot 412, is comparable to the present portrait. The latter was probably carved before he was dismissed by Napoleon and exiled in the Jura on 10th September 1805.
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