Live Auction 3001The Decorative Arts Sale
An Italian bronze bust of the pseudo Seneca
Lot 33

An Italian bronze bust of the pseudo Seneca

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, POSSIBLY CHIURAZZI OR SABATINO DE ANGELIS & FILS FOUNDERIES, NAPLES, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed4 April 2012

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EUR 5,625

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An Italian bronze bust of the pseudo Seneca
After the Antique, possibly Chiurazzi or Sabatino de Angelis & Fils founderies, Naples, late 19th century
Mounted on a variegated yellow marble soccle
43 cm. high overall

With Gerard Witlox, Amsterdam.

Specialist note

This model is illustrated as no 5616 in the 1911 joint catalogue of the Chiurazzi and De Angelis foundries. The present bust is a life size version of the original which was excavated in 1754 at Herculaneum. It is 33 cm. excluding the socle.