Description & Technical information
Date: 1787
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin: Italy
Medium: Bronze with dark patina
Signature: F.RIGHETTI F.ROMAE 1787
Dimensions: 31 cm (12¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: France
Literature: R. Righetti, Fonditori in bronzo romani del Settecento e dell’Ottocento: i Valadier e i Righetti, in «L’Urbe»,V (1940), II, pp. 2-19;A. Gonzàlez-Palacios, Ristudiando i Righetti, in «Antologia di Belle Arti», Studi sul Neoclassicismo, III, n.s. (1991-92), 39-42, pp. 17-46;Id.,Il gusto dei principi. Arte di corte del XVII e del XVIII secolo, Milano 1993, pp. 303-317.S. A. Meyer, S. Rolfi, L’“Elenco dei più noti artisti viventi a Roma” di Alois Hirt, in «Roma Moderna e Contemporanea», X (2002), 1-2, p. 254.C. Teolato,I Righetti a servizio di Canova,in «Studi di Storia dell’arte», n. 23, 2012, pp. 201-260.
Categories: Sculpture
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