A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN PLASTER CAPITALS, CORBELS AND ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS

19TH CENTURY

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A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN PLASTER CAPITALS, CORBELS AND ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENTS
19TH CENTURY
One marked 'D. BRUCCIANI & CO, LONDON', another with inset label 'ZELLI FOGMATORE/'
THE TALLEST: 27 IN. (66CM.) HIGH APPROX. (15)

Provenance

SOME PROBABLY: HISTORIC PLASTER CASTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK, 28 FEBRUARY 2006.
THE BRUCCIANI EXAMPLE ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON.

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Lot Essay

THE LARGE BRACKET TO THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE IMAGE IS BELIEVED TO BE CAST FROM ORNAMENT TO THE RENAISSANCE OLD TOWN HALL, THE HAGUE, HOLLAND. ONE FRIEZE SECTION PROBABLY CAST FROM A 15TH CENTURY MARBLE FRIEZE FROM OPERA DEL DUOMO, FLORENCE. THE BRUCCIANI EXAMPLE BELIEVED TO BE CAST FROM A 15TH CENTURY ITALIAN GREY SANDSTONE EXAMPLE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON. ANOTHER ELEMENT FROM THIS LOT IS THOUGHT TO BE CAST FROM THE EAST DOORWAY OF THE FLORENCE BAPTISTERY.

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