Lot 181: ANTONIO BOTTINELLI 1827-1898 CONTEMPLATING BEAUTY

measurements
the sculpture height 46 in.; the pedestal 44 1/2 in.

alternate measurements
117 cm; 113 cm

carved white carrara marble, signed A. BOTTINELLI ROMA, on an associated green marble revolving pedestal.

LITERATURE

Alfonso Panzetta, Dizionario degli Scultori italiani, vol. I, Adarte, 2003, p. 105-106.

NOTE

Bottinelli studied at the Accademia di Belle Arte di Milano, travelling to Rome in 1852 and then Paris in 1858 to continue his studies. He took part in the International Exhibitions in Paris in 1855 and in London in 1862, as well as those in Philadelphia, Vienna and Melbourne.