Live Auction 3001The Decorative Arts Sale
A carved white marble bust of the young Augustus
Lot 35

A carved white marble bust of the young Augustus

AFTER THE MODEL BY AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS, PROBABLY THE CHIURAZZI WORKSHOP, NAPLES, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed4 April 2012

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EUR 2,375

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A carved white marble bust of the young Augustus
After the model by Augustus Saint Gaudens, probably the Chiurazzi workshop, Naples, late 19th/early 20th century
On a waisted circular socle
54 cm. high

With Gerard Witlox, Amsterdam 1987.

Specialist note

The bust of the young Augustus is illustrated on page 31 of the 1911 Chiurazzi and De Angelis catalogue. The present bust was derived from the Augustus Primaporta, the original copy was modelled by Augustus Saint Gaudens in Rome in 1872-73. Cf. J. H. Dryfhout, The work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Lebanon, 1982, p. 63, no 33.