Description
Italian "Grand Tour" Caramel Alabaster and Carrara Marble Tabletop Bust, fourth quarter 19th century, depicting the scholar-poet Francesco Petrarea (Italian, 1304-1374), call "Petrarch" in English, presented on a tapered columnar alabaster-mounted Carrara pedestal base, the facade of the basal bust edge engraved "Petrarea", h. 12", w. 5", d. 4".