GIUSEPPE BESSI (Italian 1857-1922) A SCULPTURE, "Beatrice," CIRCA 1900, a rose pink and white variegated marble and alabaster bust of Dante Alighieri's muse, with a downcast gaze surrounded by her tightly wrapped head and neck revealing a tiara and modest sections of hair, tucked in the Renaissance style dress, verso incised "Made in Italy" and signed "Prof. G. Bessi," raised on a flared rectangular base centering gilt engraved "Beatrice." Height: 17 1/2" Width: 14" Depth: 6" Provenance: Lifelong Collection of Clocks and Antiques, Navasota, Texas