Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
TWO FRENCH BRONZE MODELS OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN AND CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE
Lot 305

TWO FRENCH BRONZE MODELS OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN AND CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 2,750

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TWO FRENCH BRONZE MODELS OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN AND CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each on a mahogany pedestal, restorations; together with a bronze model of the Fontana del Tritone after Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), late 19th century
The tallest: 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high (3)

Specialist note

The bronze reduction of the Fontana del Tritone depicts one of Gianlorenzo Bernini's most famous fountains, executed in travertine marble at the instigation of Pope Urban VIII between 1642 and 1644 and still in situ in the Piazza Barberini.