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'FIDELITY', A WHITE MARBLE GROUP
BY GIOVANNI MARIA BENZONI, ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY

Indistinctly signed ----30¾in. (78.1cm.) high, on pink and white marble column

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Another example of this model and its companion piece 'Gratitude' were exhibited together at the Crystal Palace in 1851. cf. J.P.S. Davis, Antique Garden Ornament: 300 Years of Creativity, London, 1991, pp. 231-233, illus. for two other examples.

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