A DOCCIA (CARLO GINORI) WHITE PORTRAIT BUST OF THE EMPEROR VITELLIUS, CIRCA 1754-60, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
A DOCCIA (CARLO GINORI) WHITE PORTRAIT BUST OF THE EMPEROR VITELLIUS
CIRCA 1754-60, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
Modelled bust-length, his head lowered and slightly turned, supported on a scroll-moulded waisted socle with a stepped square base
20 ¼ in. (51.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Probably acquired by William James in Italy, prior to 1912, for the Italian Room at West Dean.
Moved to 35 Wimpole Street by Edward James in the 1930s (one of the pair, which remains at West Dean, is visible in a photograph of the Tent Room taken in 1939 by Norman Parkinson).
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A DOCCIA (CARLO GINORI) WHITE PORTRAIT BUST OF THE EMPEROR VITELLIUS
CIRCA 1754-60, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
Modelled bust-length, his head lowered and slightly turned, supported on a scroll-moulded waisted socle with a stepped square base
20 ¼ in. (51.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Probably acquired by William James in Italy, prior to 1912, for the Italian Room at West Dean.
Moved to 35 Wimpole Street by Edward James in the 1930s (one of the pair, which remains at West Dean, is visible in a photograph of the Tent Room taken in 1939 by Norman Parkinson).
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