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GIOVANNI BATTISTA LOMBARDI (ITALIAN, 1823-1880)
Susanna
signed and dated 'Lombardi f./Roma 1877' (on the base)
marble
5034 (129 cm.) high
Provenance
The Collection of Raoul Tolentino; American Art Association, 1925.
Delivered to William Randolph Hearst, Hearst Castle, 1927.
Possibly with Marion Davies, Santa Monica.
With Joseph Drowns, Sand & Sea Club, Santa Monica.
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Lot Essay

A student of the Accademia in Rome under the direction of Piètro Tenerani, a pupil of Thorvaldsen, Lombardi established a celebrated career producing large religious and allegorical subjects. Much like the present lot, the artist heavily favored individual biblical female subjects, including Ruth, Susanna, Deborah, and Rebecca.
Lombardi executed several variations on Susanna at the Bath, many of which are illustrated in A. Conconi Fedrigolli, Giovanni Battista Lombardi, 1822-1880, Brescia, 2006, pp. 163-164.

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