PRINCE PAUL TROUBETZKOY (1866-1938)

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ANGELINA KNITTING
PRINCE PAUL TROUBETZKOY (1866-1938)
signed and dated 'Paul Troubetzkoy 1902'
bronze with black patina
18 7/8 in. (48 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present model dated 1902 depicts Paul Troubetzkoy's sister-in-law Angelina Baroni. She was a governess in the Troubetzkoy household and later married Paul's brother, Luigi. For comparable models in plaster and bronze, see Exhibition catalogue, Paolo Troubetzkoy 1866-1938, Museo del Paesaggio, Verbania, 29 April-29 July 1990, p. 150.

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