Lot 20
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AN ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURE OF REBECCA, ON PEDESTAL
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE BERNARD CASTRO, REMOVED FROM HISTORIC PANFIELD, LONG ISLAND (LOTS 1-23)
AN ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURE OF REBECCA, ON PEDESTAL

BY GIOVANNI MARIA BENZONI, ROME, DATED 1866

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AN ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURE OF REBECCA, ON PEDESTAL
BY GIOVANNI MARIA BENZONI, ROME, DATED 1866
Signed G.M.BENZONI.F.ROMA.A.1866, raised on a revolving white and brocatello de Siena marble pedestal
The figure: 45 in. (114.3 cm.) high
The pedestal: 36½ in. (92.5 cm.) high (2)

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Giovanni Maria Benzoni (d. 1873) was a pupil of Giuseppe Fabris at the Academy of Saint Luc in Rome. Equally renowned for his classical subjects and religious work, Benzoni was a favored sculptor of Pope Pius IX and received commissions from many Russian aristocratic families. He also executed architectural sculptures for the Imperial Theater, St. Petersburg, exhibited at the Great Exhibitions and represented the Vatican at the Antwerp International Exhibition.

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