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Leonardo Bistolfi

1859 - 1933

Study for “Sacrifice” of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome

Materials and Techniques bronze
Credit Line Donated by Ms. Shigeko Eguchi (ex-Matsukata Collection)
Standard ref. M1215
Category Sculptures
Collection Number S.2001-0008

Provenance

Purchased in Turin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. 1918; Shigeko Eguchi; donated by Eguchi to NMWA, 2001.

Bibliography

2001
Takahashi, Akiya. Rediscovered Sculptures by Leonardo Bistolfi (1859-1933), A Preliminary Reprt on Italian Masterpieces in the ex-Matsukata Collection. Journal of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. no. 5, 2001, pp. 35-41.
2002
Takahashi, Akiya. A Rediscovered Group of Sculptures by Leonardo Bistolfi from the Former Matsukata Collection. Journal of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. no. 6, 2002, pp. 33-44, [with English Abstract]
2003
Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 36 (Apr. 2001-Mar. 2002), 2003, List of New Acquisitions. p. 38.
2019
The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 1215, col. repr.

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