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Lot 366: AN ENGLISH MARBLE FIGURE OF RUTH, BY JOSEPH GOTT (1786-1860), DATED 1827, ROME

Est: $20,000 USD - $40,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 26, 2012

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, MARYLAND
Inscribed RVTH and signed J GOTT / ROME 1827.
36 1/2 in.; 92.7 cm.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Exposition Universelle, Paris, May 15 to November 15, 1855 (Class 29, sculpture 1133)

Literature

Giornale de Belle Arti Ossia Pubblicazione Mensuale delle Migliore degli artisti moderni, Anno I, 1830, p. 61, plate XXIV
Terry Friedman, Joseph Gott, 1786-1860, sculptor, Leeds, 1972, p. 46

Provenance

Carved for Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (until 1833 known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower)

Auction Details

Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture

by
Sotheby's
January 26, 2012, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US