AFTER A CAST BY PELLIGRINO MAZZOTTI: A PATINATED BRONZE PORTRAIT BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON
20th Century
Cast inscription 'P. Mazzotti Fecit, Wisbech 1854', modelled in full dress uniform, with right arm sleeve pinned to the reverse with various medals, on a socle base, 66cm high
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£300 - £500
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Hammer price:
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£700 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
This image of Horatio Nelson is probably cast after a bust carved by sculptor Franz Thaller (see National Maritime Museum ascension XV), August-September 1800, whilst he was in Vienna. The marble bust was shipped to England and various copies made in larger numbers, including one by the sculptor Dominic Cardosi and a plaster version is known by Peligrinno Mazzotti with two bronze copies made circa 1990.
See National Portrait Gallery, accession numbers 2668.
