Property from Marco Voena's London pied-à-terre (lots 106-131)
Amedeo Lavy
Bust of Antonio Canova
Live auction begins on:
November 19, 01:30 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Bid
3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Amedeo Lavy
1777 - 1864 Turin
Bust of Antonio Canova
initialled: AL and dated: 1830 and entitled: CANOVA
terracotta, on an alabaster base with a metal mount
bust: 20cm., 7⅞in.
base: 6.5cm., 2½in
London, Robiliant + Voena & Stair Sainty, Napoléon. Antiquity to Empire, 18 June-30 July 2015.
The Lavys were a family of engravers and medallists active in Turin at the end of the 18th Century. The sons Carlo, Giovanni, Filippo and Amedeo were each employed at the Royal Mint, where their father Lorenzo Lavy (1720-1789) had worked since 1750.
Amedeo went on to study in Turin, and eventually in Rome between 1805 and 1806. The present bust is a charming representation of the sculptor’s mentor Antonio Canova who he studied under while in Rome. This example follows the model in marble by Gaetano Monti at the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts.
RELATED LITERATURE:
A. Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli scultori Italiani dell'ottocento e del primo novecento, vol. 1, p. 515
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