Lot Essay
There are a number of sculptors with this surname working in Italy in the late 19th Century, although none with the initials I.A. appear in the standard reference texts.
BY I.A. FONTANA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A CARVED WHITE MARBLE BUST OF 'WINTER'
By I.A. Fontana, Late 19th Century
Depicting a bearded man wrapped in drapery, on a turned and pinched socle, signed to the reverse of the bust 'I.A. FONTANA SC.', minor chipping and weathered
20 in. (51 cm.) high, excluding socle
By I.A. Fontana, Late 19th Century
Depicting a bearded man wrapped in drapery, on a turned and pinched socle, signed to the reverse of the bust 'I.A. FONTANA SC.', minor chipping and weathered
20 in. (51 cm.) high, excluding socle