Pius IX, monument to the Virgin Mary in the piazza di Spagna, 1876, by Giuseppe Bianchi, bust left, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, signed below, rev. view of the piazza showing the statue on a column, the palazzo di Propaganda Fide, and the Spanish embassy, signed and dated in exergue, 82mm., 286.15g. (Bart.20), extremely fine, rare
Pius IX, monument to the Virgin Mary in the piazza di Spagna, 1876, by Giuseppe Bianchi, bust left, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, signed below, rev. view of the piazza showing the statue on a column, the palazzo di Propaganda Fide, and the Spanish embassy, signed and dated in exergue, 82mm., 286.15g. (Bart.20), extremely fine, rare

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Pius IX, monument to the Virgin Mary in the piazza di Spagna, 1876, by Giuseppe Bianchi, bust left, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, signed below, rev. view of the piazza showing the statue on a column, the palazzo di Propaganda Fide, and the Spanish embassy, signed and dated in exergue, 82mm., 286.15g. (Bart.20), extremely fine, rare

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