Tortoise
Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1255562.5
Summary
Sculpture, bronze; a tortoise; Carlo Marochetti (1805-1867); 1853-55. One from a series of sixteen bronze tortoises modelled by the sculptor Baron Carlo Marochetti, after a pet Greek or spur-thighed tortoise, owned by William John Bankes. They were commissioned by Bankes for use as supports for marble urns carved by Bartolomeo Barini in 1851-52, for display on the terrace at Kingston Lacy.(NT 1257624.1-4).7.
Provenance
Beqeathed to the National Trust in 1982 as part of the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy by Henry John Ralph Bankes (1902-1981).
Makers and roles
Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867), sculptor