A MARBLE PORTRAIT RELIEF OF A LANGOBARD KING

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A MARBLE PORTRAIT RELIEF OF A LANGOBARD KING
ITALIAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF ORAZIO MARINALI

Inscribed 'CLEPHO.LONGOBARDOR VM REX II' (iron stains, losses)-14½in. (36cm.) high


The present relief is similar in technique and style to the heads in profile of the Passions from the Palazzo Grimani, Venice carved by Orazio Marinali (see NACF Review, 1994, no. 4035 pp. 102-103).