Lot 124
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A pair of Italian white marble portrait busts, on columns
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A pair of Italian white marble portrait busts, on columns

BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA LOMBARDI, ROME, DATED 1871

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A pair of Italian white marble portrait busts, on columns
By Giovanni Battista Lombardi, Rome, Dated 1871
One of a woman wearing a flower in her hair, the other of a man with a moustache, each signed G.B. Lombardi, F. Roma, 1871 to the back, on a brèche verte socle, on a revolving white base, on a brèche, Antique Green and white marble column
The lady: 30¼ in. (77 cm.) high;
The man: 29 in. (74 cm.) high;
Each column with revolving base: 41 in. (141 cm.) high (4)
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Lot Essay

Born in Rezzato, Brescia, where he attended the School of Design, Giovanni Battista Lombardi (d. 1880) studied under Lorenzo Vela in Milan and subsequently moved to Rome to work with Pietro Tenerani on funerary monuments, busts and reliefs of religious and classical inspiration. Establishing his own studio, Lombardi progressed to more genre and intimate subjects and was particularly keen on the portrayal of Old Testament heroines.

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