11th Sep, 2024 10:00
Fine Interiors
575
Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777-1850)
a carved white marble bust of Charles James Fox after Joseph Nollekens, signed to the reverse 'BARTOLINI',
30cm wide
30cm deep
48cm high
Provenance: Sotheby's, European Sculpture and Works of Art 900-1900, 28 October, 2003 lot 85;
The property of a gentleman.
Lorenzo Bartolini rose from modest origins to become one of the most celebrated Italian sculptors following Canova. In 1797, he moved to Paris and retrained in the Studio of Jacques-Louis David. He became a favoured sculptor for Napoléon, who sent him to Carrara in 1807 to direct the Academy of Sculpture and to set up a workshop dedicated to the production of portraits of the Bonaparte family. After the fall of Napoléon, Bartolini relocated to Florence where his grand tour patrons included Thomas Hope and the 6th Duke of Devonshire. This particular work of art depicts Charles James Fox (1749-1806), a leading British Whig politician, whose parliamentary career lasted thirty-eight years during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
It has been noted by John Kenworthy-Browne (a leading authority on the work of Lorenzo Bartolini) that Henry Matthews wrote in his ‘Travel Diary’, that ‘casts have been imported from London of the busts of the King, Fox, Pitt, Nelson, Perceval, and many others. Bartolini reproduces these in marble and sends them back to London...Notably, two busts of Fox by Bartolini are documented, one of which is housed at Ickworth’.
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Sold for £8,000
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Auction: Fine Interiors, 11th Sep, 2024
The Fine Interiors department is extremely excited to present our next Fine Interiors sale, to take place on 10 and 11 September.
This sale boasts a wealth of private collections, including a remarkable assemblage of Native American artefacts, the covetable contents from two Hertfordshire homes, including North Road House and Moor Park, the selected property of a Gentleman, a collection of finely made riding crops from Kensington, and a characterful collection of miniature furniture and antique birdcages from Antiques Roadshow regular, Bunny Campione.
With nearly eight hundred lots of period and modern furniture, beautiful works of art, textiles, carpets, ceramics and so much more, we're absolutely certain you'll find everything you need to furnish your home, as well as offering rare and unique treasures that wouldn’t look out of place in the finest collector’s cabinet.
Viewing
Stansted Viewing | Auction
Viewing will be held at our Stansted Auction Rooms, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE, as follows:
Friday 6 September, 10am - 4pm
Sunday 8 September, 10am - 1pm
Monday 9 September, 10am - 4pm
The auction will take place at our Stansted Auction Rooms, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE.
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