Spanish school: An equestrian group of Alfonso II, patinated bronze on a Boulle base, cast by Compania Metalurgica de San Juan de Alcarez, dated 1886

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H 72 - L 61 - D 35,5 cm (incl. the Boulle base)

 

Wearing uniform and medals, his saddlebag and pouches cast with the Spanish Royal crest, set on a naturalistic rectangular base, inscribed 'Cia Mca de S. Juan de Alcaraz, 1886', on a moulded bronze plinth inscribed 'A XII/ RESTAURADOR Y PACIFICADOR/ DE LA/ MONARQUIA ESPANOLA'. Marked with the number 28.

The sculpture on a gilt mounted tortoiseshell and brass marquetry Boulle base.