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Property of a Princely Family: A Roman Interior
Bust of a Saint
Lot closes
March 25, 02:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Current Bid
600 GBP
9 Bids
Reserve met
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Description
Italian, Tuscany, probably late 14th century
Bust of a Saint
polychromed wood, on a velvet covered wood base
sculpture: 43 by 40cm., 17 by 15¾in.
base: 7 by 46cm., 2 by 18 1/8 in.
Roberto Valeriani, La Casa di Sandra Caracciolo, Roma, 2012, p.86.
Probably cut down from a full figure, the present bust is stylistically reminiscent of works by the 14th-century Sienese architect and sculptor Agostino di Giovanni; see R. Bartalini, Scultura gotica in Toscana: Maestri, monumenti, cantieri del Due e Trecento, Siena, 2005, pp. 216-221.
