Lot 136 A CAST-IRON GROUP REPRESENTING EROS SEATED ON A PANTHER IN THE MANNER OF GIOVANNI MARIA BENZONI, 19TH CENTURY, STAMPED A53 MANNER OF GIOVANNI MARIA BENZONI (ITALIAN 1809-1873)
Reference: ART4001993
A CAST IRON GROUP REPRESENTING CUPID SEATED ON A PANTHER LATE 19TH CENTURY
The integrally cast oval base stamped ‘A53’ Atop a plinth base, with canted angles.
80 cm. high, 75 cm. square at the base.
Giovanni Maria Benzoni was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor. He trained in Rome, where he later set up his own workshop, producing work largely in marble and aimed at the Grand Tour market in high quality ‘souvenir sculpture’, (indeed many of his works were specifically selected so as to be easily copied by artisans in his workshop). He gained acclaim for his own work too though and copies in iron of some of these were cast after his death