One of four Verona Marble ‘Upright Vases’, each supported by four bronze tortoises
after Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1847
Materials
Verona marble, bronze
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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257624.2
Summary
Verona red marble and bronze, a set of four urns, fluted with bulbous base and carved with acanthus, by Bartolomeo Barrini, 1847. Each urn mounted on four bronze tortoises which are modern replicas cast after the model by Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867), the original tortoises cast in 1853 (see NT 1255562). On a Portland stone base.
Makers and roles
after Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867), sculptor Bartolomeo Barrini, sculptor