AFTER THE ANTIQUE, BY D. BRUCCIANI & CO. LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE VICTORIAN PLASTER CAST OF A CEASAR
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, BY D. BRUCCIANI & CO. LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Cast with serial number '2792' to the base
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high

Provenance

By repute from the British Museum's dispersal of plaster casts

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Lot Essay

The firm of modellers and sculptors founded by Lewis Brucciani, were joined by Domenico Brucciani (1815-80) in circa1852. The business mostly worked as modellers for the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) and the British Museum, taking casts of items in their collections and supplying other casts.

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