Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo
A North Italian microcarving portrait relief miniature attributed to Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo
Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo
A North Italian microcarving portrait relief miniature attributed to Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo
Date 1785 circa
Period 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin Turin
Medium Carved, Fruitwood, Kingwood, Limewood, Tulipwood, Woods, Ebony
Dimension 21.5 x 19 cm (8¹/₂ x 7¹/₂ inches)
Date: 1785 circa
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin: Turin
Medium: Carved, Fruitwood, Kingwood, Limewood, Tulipwood, Woods, Ebony
Signature: M A R S (just shadows of the missing letters). Please note that the same Mars is depicted in one of the eight legs of the only two documented console tables by Bonzanigo, executed in 1785 for Stupinigi castle, still in situ.
Dimension: 21.5 x 19 cm (8¹/₂ x 7¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: Private collection
Literature: ●Claudio Bertolotto,Vittoria Villani, Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo: Intaglio minuto e grande decorazione, Lindau, 1990, p.202 fig.31.2; and Tav.XIX.
●Arnaldi di Balmi, Merlotti, Il «trofeo militare» di Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, Allemandi, 2011
●Franca Dalmasso e Claudio Bertolotto, Palmieri in Cornici di Bonzanigo, Antologia di Belle Arti, Il Neoclassicismo, III, Turin, 1992, pp. 80-84.
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Decorative Arts, from Antiquities to XIX Century, focusing in particular on Fine Furniture, Sculpture, Textiles, Glass, Ceramics and Bronzes.
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