Lot 209: GIOVANNI BATTISTA LOMBARDI 1823-1880 SUZANNA AND RUTH 1868

PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS

measurements
height of figures 35 1/2 in.

alternate measurements
90.2 cm

white marble, on white and red marble revolving pedestals, signed GB Lombardi / Roma. 1868.

LITERATURE

Vicario vol. 2, pp. 614-619; Panzetta vol. 1, p. 167 and vol. 2, fig. 472

NOTE

After studying in his hometown of Rezzato and Milan, Lombardi moved to Rome around the middle of the 19^th century. Here he studied at the Accademia under Pietro Tenerani, one of
Thorvaldsen's leading followers, and later worked in his studio. Lombardi soon established a productive studio of his own, which he shared with his younger brother, Giovita. The latter concentrated on animal, still-life, and architectural sculpture. Giovanni Battista was the more inventive of the pair, producing fine busts, funerary and commemorative sculpture, as well as large subject pieces, both religious and profane. For many of his quasi-religious themes he favored individual female subjects such as Deborah, Rebecca, and as in the present marble group, Suzanna and Ruth.