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Lot n° 53

Coppia di grandi sculture, Atena e Apollo da Vilhelm...

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Biscuit porcelain. Brand: waves in blue; "Eneret" "TS" and respectively "T", impressed. Height 41.7 cm; 36.8 cm. Conservation: Athena with the head of the sphinx on the helmet back, , , These two figures are taken from sculptures of the famous Danish artist Berthel Thorvaldsen (Copenhagen 1770- there 1844) and reproduced with exclusive rights by the Manufacture in Copenhagen. Thorvaldsen lived for more than 40 years in Italy studying ancient sculptures and Canova and also taught at the Academy of San Luca, Maurizio Nobile Antiquities, Bologna.