Lot 404: AN ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF MOSES, AFTER MICHELANGELO, BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI (1749-1819), EARLY 19TH CENTURY, NAPLES OR ROME

Name: AN ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF MOSES, AFTER MICHELANGELO, BY FRANCESCO RIGHETTI (1749-1819), EARLY 19TH CENTURY, NAPLES OR ROME
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 907d4aeb59

Est: $40,000 USD - $60,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 31, 2013

Item Overview

Description

on a porphyry and yellow marble base with a gilt bronze portrait relief of Pope Pius VII surrounded by the inscription, Alteri Moysi Pio VII Pont. Max. rei christianae sospitatori et vindici. Israelitici / ducis ab se conflatum simulacrum Franciscus Righetti dat consecratqve D.N.M.Q.E. (dicatus numini majestatique ejus).
12 3/8 in.; 31.4 cm.

Artist or Maker

Francesco Righetti

Provenance

Christie's, London, December 13, 1994, lot 171

Auction Details

Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture

Sotheby's

January 31, 2013, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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