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• Auction House:
  Shapiro Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Fine Silver, Furniture, Paintings and Decorative Arts
• Sale Date:
  07 May 2019 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  113
• Lot Description:
  Jean-Baptiste Clésinger (French, 1814-1883) - Two Zingaras, 'Danseuses Napolitaines aux Cymbales et Tambourin', c. 1860
  white marble, signed 'J. Clesinger', the figure playing cymbals with restored hands and foot, on variegated marble pedestals (4)
  height 90 cm; 91 cm (statues); 100 cm (pedestals)
• Provenance:
  Hordern Family, Private Collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  1952, Jean-Baptiste Clésinger moved to Rome, where he frequented Bertel Thorvaldsen's studio. Inspired by Thorvaldsen's attractive combinations of Neoclassical style with Romantic subject-matter. Clésinger executed the original marble Zingara in 1857.
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 50,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Sculpture & Statuary

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