GIOVANNI BATTISTA BELZONI (PADUA 1783-1870 GWATO); ALESSANDRO RICCI (SIENA 1795-1834 FLORENCE)

Lot 3
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£ 15 000
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Lot 3 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA BELZONI (PADUA 1783-1870 GWATO); ALESSANDRO RICCI (SIENA 1795-1834 FLORENCE)
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA BELZONI (PADUA 1783-1870 GWATO); ALESSANDRO RICCI (SIENA 1795-1834 FLORENCE)

Head of Seti I in profile, wearing a wig and the sacred uraeus

signed and dated 'Belzoni 26' (lower right with pencil) and 'Ricci' (lower right with pen and brown ink)

wall rubbing, watermark 'three crescent moon'

17 ¾ x 13 in. (45.2 x 33 cm.)





Provenance

Queen's booksellers-Maggs Bros, 50 Berkeley Sq., London.

Acquired by the present owner from an English collection of books and antiquities, 2008.



Literature

P. Clayton, 'Ancient Egypt', in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 37, fig. 8.

M. Merrony, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, La collection de la famille Levett, France, 2012, p. 19.

V. Bougault, 'L'Antiquité au gout du jour,' in Connaissance des arts, July/August 2012, p. 116.

J. H. Taylor, 'The Great Belzoni' in Minerva: The international review of ancient art & archaeology, November/December 2017, p. 19, fig. 11.



Exhibited

London, Piccadilly, Egyptian Hall, 1822.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA9MA).

London, Sir John Soane’s Museum, Egypt Uncovered: Belzoni and the Tomb of Pharaoh Seti I, 2017 - 2018.
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