Lot 122: A SET OF FOUR BRONZE BUSTS OF ROMAN EMPERORS BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI (1749–1819), ROME, 1788 Each 9 ¼ in. (23.6 cm.) high, the busts; 11 7/8 in. (30.3 cm.) high, with socle; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high, overall (4)

A SET OF FOUR BRONZE BUSTS OF ROMAN EMPERORS
BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI (1749–1819), ROME, 1788
depicting Nero, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian; each bust on an original grey marble socle and ormolu-mounted cylindrical white marble pedestal; each pedestal with a tablet identifying the sitter; each with a light green patination; the busts of Nero and Domitian signed and dated to the reverse of the shoulders 'F. RIGHETTI. F. ROMAE. 1788'
Each 9 ¼ in. (23.6 cm.) high, the busts; 11 7/8 in. (30.3 cm.) high, with socle; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high, overall
(4)

Almost certainly, acquired by Gustav III of Sweden (1746-1792), on the recommendation of Francesco Piranesi and Carl Fredrik Fredenheim.
Sent by Francesco Piranesi to Sweden soon after the 14th October 1789.
Bukowskis, Stockholm, 1910, catalogue 186, lots 102-106 (two of six lots of paired busts): 'Romerska portrattbyster, tva st., olik färgad marmor'.
Auktionsverk, Stockholm, 1975, lot 320, where acquired by
Private Swedish Collector, from whom purchased by the present owner.