A SET OF OF SIX GLAZED TERRACOTTA BUSTS

SICILIAN, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF OF SIX GLAZED TERRACOTTA BUSTS
SICILIAN, MID-19TH CENTURY
Depicting the Four Seasons, Minerva and a girl called Eleonora; each on a circular socle, each socle inscribed, one socles inscribed 'Per Giuseppe Di Bartolo da Caltagirone'

37 ½ in. (95 cm. high), overall, the largest

Provenance

Almost certainly commissioned by Giuseppe di Bartolo (1815-1865).

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Lot Essay

Giuseppe di Bartolo was a celebrated Italian architect, who designed several major buildings in Sicily in the neo-Renaissance style. It is likely that the present busts were commissioned to fit into one of his designs.

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