Innocence Protected by Fidelity
Giovanni Maria Benzoni Italian
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A pendant group, Riconoscenza, depicts a girl repaying her faithful dog by extracting a thorn from its paw.
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Giovanni Maria Benzoni Italian
Not on view
A pendant group, Riconoscenza, depicts a girl repaying her faithful dog by extracting a thorn from its paw.
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Title: Innocence Protected by Fidelity
Artist:
Giovanni Maria Benzoni (Italian, Songavazzo, near Clusone (Lombardy) 1809–1873 Rome)
Date: 1852
Culture: Italian, Rome
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Height: 32 1/4 in. (81.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Lewis M. Rutherford, 1930
Accession Number: 30.143.2
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