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A rare 19th Century patinated plaster bust by Domenico Brucciani, of the Urbino Princess, one of the six daughters of the Duke of Urbino Federigo da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforca, whose diptych portrait is one of the most celebrated of the Italian renaissance.
from the archives at the V & A museum.
The bust presents some wear, and some historical chips which have ‘blended in’ over the years and is sold in good country house condition.
It is numbered and signed on front and back of the socle.


Domenicho (Domenico) Brucciani (1815 -1880) was born in Lucca, Italy and migrated to England in the first half of the nineteenth century. He established a business which produced casts of sculptural works from international collections. By 1837 he owned a showroom near Covent Garden and was selling works to the British Museum and the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum). By 1857 D. Brucciani & Co. were working for the British Museum, making moulds and casts of their classical sculptures, bronzes and other pieces, to be sold commercially.


The company was successful during Brucciani's lifetime as it capitalised on the nineteenth century fashion to have plaster casts of sculptural works in the home. Following his death his business was purchased by another Italian, Joseph Caproni (1846 – 1900), who retained the name D. Brucciani & Co., and the business continued to manufacture casts, with customers including the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Museum of Classical Archaeology.


However, as demand for plaster casts declined in the twentieth century, the business failed. Consequently, it was purchased by the V&A and operated as the Department for the Sale of Casts until 1951 when it was forced to closed due to financial losses.

  • Period:
    • Price: £1,450.00
    • €1,754 Euro
    • $1,815 US Dollar
  • Location: Kent
    • Dimensions: H: 62cm (24.41in)
    • W: 44.5cm (17.52in)
    • D: 0cm (0.00in)