Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th October 2023
Lot 643
AN ITALIAN TERRACOTTA MAQUETTE OF FLORA
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £450
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Description
AN ITALIAN TERRACOTTA MAQUETTE OF FLORA
IN THE MANNER OF ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1822), EARLY 19TH CENTURY
modelled seated holding a cornucopia of flowers
22.8cm high
Provenance
Purchased from Cox Antiques, Stamford, 1st August 1989.
Catalogue Note
Compare the present lot to a bozzetto by Canova of Empress Maria Luisa Habsburg (later Duchess of Parma) as 'Concordia' in the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.