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An image of La Sonnambula by Giovanni Giuseppe Fontana

Giovanni Giuseppe Fontana

(Italy, England 1821–1893)

Title
La Sonnambula
Year
1878?
Media category
Sculpture
Materials used
marble
Dimensions

155.0cm

Signature & date
Signed right side of base, [incised] "G FONTANA...". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1879
Accession number
1163
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (3)

Author Unknown (Author), Sydney International Exhibition: Official catalogue of exhibits, Sydney, 1879, 455. cat.no. 9

Art journal 1870, 1870, 116. engraved illustration

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Patricia McDonald (Author), Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the Centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Sydney, 1979, 39.

Exhibition history (3)

Sydney International Exhibition (1879-80), The Garden Palace, 17 Sep 1879–20 Apr 1880.

Sydney International Exhibition 1879: An exhibition celebrating the Centenary of the Sydney International Exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, 24 Sep 1979–24 Nov 1979.

Italian artists working in 19th century Australia (1993), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 24 Sep 1993–21 Nov 1993.