Lot 75
Probably 19th century.
Height 118cm, Width 89cm, Length 80cm
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000
Giovanni Antognazzi, Italy
Christie's, South Kensington, Aynhoe Park - A Modern Grand Tour, 9 October 2021, lot 149 (accompanied by a copy of the purchase receipt)
M. Binney, 'Aynhoe Park', Country Life, July 2008, p. 84.
J. Thornicroft, 'The House of Sculpture', Architectural Digest, Russia, October 2011, pp. 274-283.
R.Frederiksen-E.Marchand. Plaster Casts, Berlin-New York, 2010, p. 629, fig. 35.3.
Purchased from the workshop of Giovanni Antognazzi, the tide line to the face reputedly from the Florentine flood of 1966. This actual size plaster is after Michelangelo's marble sculpture of David of 1501-04 in the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence.
A Life in London, The Jo Walker Collection
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8811
6:00pm - 25 November 2025
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Fri 21 – Sun 23 Nov, 10am - 4pm
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