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A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF PARIS
Lot 176

A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF PARIS

WORKSHOP OF ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1822), ITALIAN, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed6 December 2012

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GBP 22,500

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A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF PARIS
WORKSHOP OF ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1822), ITALIAN, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
On an associated circular white marble socle
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high; 27½ in. (69.6 cm) high, overall

Specialist note

The present lot is after the original marble bust of Paris by Antonio Canova, dated to the 1810s, which is now in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.