Lot 54
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AN ITALIAN SCULPTED WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A WINGED PUTTO
AN ITALIAN SCULPTED WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A WINGED PUTTO

BY PIETRO TENERANI (1789-1869), DATED 1852

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AN ITALIAN SCULPTED WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A WINGED PUTTO
BY PIETRO TENERANI (1789-1869), DATED 1852
Modelled digging with a spade, a pruning knife hanging from the tree stump at his side, the base signed 'TENERANI. P. 1852'
34 in. (86.5cm) high
Provenance
Summers Place Auctions, Billingshurst, 20 May 2007, lot 79.

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Lot Essay

Pietro Tenerani studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Carrara, under Lorenzo Bartolini, before moving to Rome where he frequented the studio of Canova and worked with Thorwaldsen from 1817. An indefatiguable sculptor, Tenerani produced a vast quantity of high quality works, many of which were destined for private collections in England.

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