Peregrine Langton Massingberd (1780-1856)
Niccolò Bazzanti (Florence 1802 - 1869)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble
Measurements
380 x 180 mm
Place of origin
Florence
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637921
Summary
White marble, Peregrine Langton Massingberd (1780-1856) by Niccolò Bazzanti (b. Florence 1802), inscribed on reverse: N Bazzanti/Fece Firenze. A portrait bust with long sideboards,a high forehead and slightly roman nose. On a circular green marble plinth (damaged).
Provenance
1944, gifted to the National Trust by Field Marshal Sir Archibald and Lady Montgomery Massingberd.
Marks and inscriptions
N Bazzanti Fece Firenze
Makers and roles
Niccolò Bazzanti (Florence 1802 - 1869), sculptor
References
Maugeri 2000 Maria Maugeri, Pietro E Niccolo Bazzanti, "Negozianti Di Belle Arti", 2000