Alabaster sculpture depicting the birth of Venus, by P. Bazzanti *, of XIXth century.
This sculpture is in good condition and great workmanship. It is signed "P. Bazzanti F. Firenze e" to
rear view picture.
A note: a hand and foot were broken and then glued back together to see pictures, small shocks and
scratches on the knee and elbow, hip slot on, visible on pictures.
Italian sculptor who has probably worked with the sculptor Giuseppe
Moisè in a workshop located in the Palazzo Corsini in Florence. Bazzanti dedicated to the creation of monuments
including funerary (tomb or funerary urn-type) and sculptures, with the main themes of Figures
mythological and angels, in a purist classical tradition. In Britain, there is particular
Many sculptures preserved and signed by this artist.