Framed Antique Engraving


Item Number: 111

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $100

Online Close: Mar 29, 2008 8:00 AM EDT

Bid History: 12 bids - Item Sold!


Description

Antique engraving of "Wisdom" by Danish Neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorwaldsen (1770-1844).  The figure of Wisdom is shown reading a book, crowned in laurels, with an owl at her feet, Engraved by Pietro Aureli, Rome 1831.  Plate no. 113, from Intera Collezione di Tutte Opere dal Cav. Alberto Thorwaldsen, dedicate a Sue Eccellenza Rodolfo Conte di Lutzov.  Donated by Sue Adams and Stuart Taylor - Amber and Blue Rooms

Special Instructions

13 1/8" x 17 3/4" (including frame).  Engraving on paper, with wooden frame

Donated by

Susan Adams and Stuart Taylor