LAURENCE MACDONALD (BRITISH 1799-1878)
WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG LADY
£1,764
Auction: 15 JANUARY 2025 FROM 10:00 GMT
Description
on a socle, signed and inscribed FECIT ROMA 1839
Dimensions
66cm high
Footnote
Note: Laurence Macdonald began his career as an ornamental mason and entered the Trustees' Academy in 1822. After seven months he left for Rome to study sculpture and on his return to Edinburgh set up a studio. He was elected a Royal Scottish Academician in 1829. The work he exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy launched him as a sculptor of heroic works, in the style of classical antique sculpture. In 1832 Macdonald returned to Rome to take up permanent residence and later took over the studio left vacant on the death of the neoclassical sculptor, Bertel Thorvaldsen.