Live Auction 6454Michael Inchbald: A Legacy of Design
A PAIR OF OVAL CARVED MARBLE PORTRAIT RELIEFS OF BEARDED GENTLEMEN
Lot 142

A PAIR OF OVAL CARVED MARBLE PORTRAIT RELIEFS OF BEARDED GENTLEMEN

VENETIAN, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed22 January 2014

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GBP 15,000

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A PAIR OF OVAL CARVED MARBLE PORTRAIT RELIEFS OF BEARDED GENTLEMEN
VENETIAN, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Each within a giltwood frame
Each 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) high, overall

Purchased by Michael Inchbald from an antiques dealer in Chelsea, in the 1970s.

Specialist note

The pronounced and vibrant depiction of the beards and hair of the two figures is comparable to the work of the Venetian sculptors Bernardo Falconi and Orazio Marinali (see C. Semenzato, La Scultura Veneta Del Seicento E Del Settecento, Venice, 1966, nos. 12-13, 61-62, 79-82, 119).