Lot 54: Giovan Battista Amendola Italian, 1848-1887 , Wedded silvered bronze

inscribed on the base: Modelled by G. B. Amendola / from the picture of / Sir - Frederick Leighton silvered bronze

measurements note 37cm., 14½in.

Leighton and his Sculptural Legacy: British Sculpture 1875-1930, The Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1996

B. Read & A. Kader, Leighton and his Sculptural Legacy: British Sculpture 1875-1930, ex. cat., London, 1996, pp. 28-29, cat. no. 4

This model of two young lovers was commisioned by the Fine Art Society, London, after the painting by Frederick, Lord Leighton now in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Amendola began work on the model in 1885 and its popularity merited the Fine Art Society editing it in silvered bronze, bronze and terracotta in two sizes.