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    Sale 7568

    Seven Centuries: Italian Works of Art From Palazzo Odescalchi, Rome

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    8 November 2007

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    • A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A FEMA
    Lot 314

    A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A FEMALE MEMBER OF THE ODESCALCHI FAMILY

    ATTRIBUTED TO LAWRENCE MACDONALD (1799-1878), CIRCA 1820-30

    Price realised

    GBP 4,000

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A FEMALE MEMBER OF THE ODESCALCHI FAMILY
    ATTRIBUTED TO LAWRENCE MACDONALD (1799-1878), CIRCA 1820-30
    Depicted with her hair drawn up in a bun, her head turned slightly to sinister and wearing a classical shift; inscribed Odescalchi on the truncation of the proper left shoulder; on an associated circular marble socle; very minor chips
    21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) high, overall

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