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Lot 20 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE BERNARD CASTRO, REMOVED FROM HISTORIC PANFIELD, LONG ISLAND (LOTS 1-23)
AN ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURE OF REBECCA, ON PEDESTAL
BY GIOVANNI MARIA BENZONI, ROME, DATED 1866
Closed20 October 2011
Price Realised
USD 18,750
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Giovanni Maria Benzoni (d. 1873) was a pupil of Giuseppe Fabris at the Academy of Saint Luc in Rome. Equally renowned for his classical subjects and religious work, Benzoni was a favored sculptor of Pope Pius IX and received commissions from many Russian aristocratic families. He also executed architectural sculptures for the Imperial Theater, St. Petersburg, exhibited at the Great Exhibitions and represented the Vatican at the Antwerp International Exhibition.