Vincenzo Pacetti: 1746–1820

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  • Vincenzo Pacetti
    Rome, 1746 - 1820
     

    The Hope Roma

    Marble

    Marcantonio IV Borghese grants Pacetti permission to copy the statue of Roma in the Villa Borghese in 1783

    Carved c. 1783-1802

    Height: 93.5 cm (68.5 cm excluding the socle)

     
    PROVENANCE
    • Acquired directly from the artist at his studio in Via Gregoriana, Rome, by Thomas Hope (1769-1831) and initially displayed in the Picture Gallery at 10 Duchess Street, W1, London, then moved to the sculpture gallery at The Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey, in 1825; thence by descent to
    • Henry Thomas Hope (1808-1862) and his wife, Adéle Bichat Hope (d. 1884); thence by descent to
    • Henrietta Adela Hope (1843-1913) and her husband, Henry Pelham Alexander, 6th Duke of Newcastle (1834-1879); thence by descent to
    • Henry Francis Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle (1866-1941)
    • His sale, Humbert & Flint, The Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey, The Final Portion of the Hope Heirlooms, 12th September 1917, lot 1334, catalogued as ’A sculpted marble bust of “Athena”, wearing a helmet mounted with two gryphons’
    • Private collection, Surrey, until 2015
    • Private collection, London