* LIFE-SIZE BRONZE FIGURE "LA TRAVERSEE DU DESERT", signed NICOLO BAZZANTI (Niccolò Bazzanti, born 1802), Florence circa 1850/60. Burnished bronze and "Brèche Vert d'Egypte" marble. Signed and inscribed NICOLO BAZZANTI FIRENZE and PATINE FOND DELVAL - ANTONY FRANCE (angebracht während einer Reinigung 2002). H (total) 256 cm, H Figure 157 cm, H plinth 89 cm. Provenance: - from a French private collection. - F. Hayem, Paris. - from an American private collection , Paris.