Eugenio Battiglia Classical Sculpture:
(Italian – Florence,19th/20th century)
Dancer with Castanets, signed “E. Battiglia” on naturalistic stump, after the original by Antonio Canova (1757-1822) in white Carrara marble held by the Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany, carved marble, 68-1/2 x 27-1/2 in., on an integral circular plinth, 15 In. diameter
Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, November, 1999, Lot 47 (sold for $23,000 with premium); Property from the Collection of Ambassador Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Condition
proper right wrist cracked through, at least two fingers with old cracks and repairs, chips to drapery and bottom edge of plinth, general expected surface wear
