DATED 1861, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, INCISED 476 896 995, INSCRIBED R. MONTI

Raphaelle Monti studied in the Imperial Academy in Milan. After settling in England in the mid century, the veiled statue for the Duke of Devonshire brought him such acclaim that he secured a leading position in this country.
Cf. Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Parian Phenomenon, Somerset, 1989, p. 180, fig. 586