AN ITALIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT OF EMANUELE FILIBERTO, DUKE OF SAVOIA, (1528-1580)

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The Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoia, Equestrian Monument, Piazza San Carlo, Turin. The following lots (lots 20 and 21) are a reduction of the original equestrian monument, sculpted by Baron Carlo Marochetti, erected in 1838 for the Piazza San Carlo, Turin. Emanuele Filiberto, 10th Duke of Savoia, (1528-1580) was a soldier and statesman considered one of the greatest Savoyard monarchs. He won a famous victory in 1557 when he lead the Spanish invasion of France at St. Quentin. After the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559 he was able to regain his duchy and territory from both the French and Spanish, including Turin which became the seat of Savoia power. Baron Carlo Marochetti, (1805-1867) was a sculptor born in Turin. He was a student of François-Joseph Bosio and studied in both Paris and Rome. Some of his most famous works include the marble relief of the Battle of Jemmapes on the Arc de Triomphe and his equestrian model of Richard Coeur de Lion, exhibited at the entrance of the Crystal Palace in 1851 and in 1860 produced in bronze for the forecourt of the Palace of Westminster. The equestrian monument of Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoia, was a gift to the city of Turin and in recognition of this, Marochetti was made a Baron of the Kingdom of Sardinia by Carlo Alberto, King of Sardinia, (1798-1849).

AN ITALIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT OF EMANUELE FILIBERTO, DUKE OF SAVOIA, (1528-1580)

CAST AFTER A MODEL BY BARON CARLO MAROCHETTI, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT OF EMANUELE FILIBERTO, DUKE OF SAVOIA, (1528-1580)
CAST AFTER A MODEL BY BARON CARLO MAROCHETTI, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Clad in armour set on a veneered wood plinth simulating speckled granite and applied with a relief-cast panel of the Battle of St. Quentin and the Peace of Cateau Cambrésis and the Savoia arms
14 in. (36 cm.) high

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This lot is offered without reserve. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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