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14 - Giovanni Maria BENZONI (1809–1873)
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€7,000 - 9,000Sale fees
Giovanni Maria BENZONI (1809–1873) Bacchus White marble bust Signed and dated 1860 Height: 74 cm Provenance: Former private collection, San Francisco, United States Note. Giovanni Maria Benzoni stands out as one of the leading and most accomplished figures in 19th-century Italian neoclassical sculpture. Trained in Rome at the Academy of Saint Luke under Giuseppe Fabris, his style followed directly in the footsteps of the genius of Antonio Canova, reconciling the quest for ideal ancient beauty with a purely Romantic sensibility.Enjoying immense international renown, Benzoni established a thriving studio in Rome that became a must-visit destination for the European and American elite undertaking their Grand Tour. With patrons including Pope Pius IX, the British royal family, and the Russian aristocracy, the artist earned a legendary reputation for his prodigious technical mastery of marble carving.
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The Golden AgesAuction house
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