GALLERY DESMET at BRAFA 2021
Giovanni Zoffoli (1745-1805), Marcus Aurelius on horseback, Rome, late 18th century. Bronze, Giallo marble base. H 62 x W 23 x D 32 cm. Signed 'G.Z.F.' (neck of horse). GALLERY DESMET at BRAFA 2021
Medieval foliated column, Italian, 13th-14th century. White marble, H 184 x Ø 17 cm. GALLERY DESMET at BRAFA 2021.
Vase-shaped Viking hoard, 10th - 11th century. Metal utensils, oxidised together in the shape of the (lost) vessel in which they were contained (fish hooks, nails, chisels, axe-heads...). H 36 cm. GALLERY DESMET at BRAFA 2021.
Provenance: private collection London, acquired in the late 1950s.
José Álvarez Cubero (Spanish, 1768-1827), Bust of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Rome, circa 1819-1827. White marble on circular marble base, H 68 cm. GALLERY DESMET at BRAFA 2021
Provenance: commissioned by the 14th Duke of Alba, Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart and delivered before 1828; most likely given to Rossini on his visit to Madrid in 1831; private collection Germany, acquired in the 1980s.
Art Loss Register: S00148478
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