AUCTION 43: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

AN AGOSTINO MARAZZANI BRONZE SCULPTURE OF MUSLIM HORSEMAN

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Start price: $800

Estimated price: $1,200 - $1,500

Buyer's premium:

Agostino Marazzani is a highly detailed bronze sculpture of an Arab hunter on horseback holding a rifle. The artist signed and dated it on the side "1895 Marazzani". The sculptural group is sitting on a red marble base.

Lodovico Agostino Marazzani-Visconti (1853-1914) was an Italian sculptor who worked mainly in Peru. He is mostly known for his work on the War of the Pacific.

H: 16 inches., (40.8 cm.)

The base: 16 x 4 1/2 inches., (40.8 x 11 cm.)

Condition: Excellent with a very nice bronze patina.