The Doctor Pozzi (Il Dottor Pozzi)

Samuel Pozzi (1846-1918) was a famous surgeon and gynechologist, and doctor for the parisian bourgeosie. He was friend of Anatole France, Robert de Montesqiou and Marcel Proust. The latter inspired by the personality of his friend, based the character of Doctor Cottard’s in La Recherche du Temps Perdu. Pozzi played an important role in the aesthetic of parisian culture. In 1881, when Pozzi was still unknown to the general public, Singer Sargent dedicated him a portrait, depicting him as a renaissance prince. Inspired by this famous portrait, Troubetzkoy modelled the present life-size bust.

Paul Troubetzkoy (1866-1938), Italy, until 1938;
By descent to the heirs, Rhoda Muriel Marie Somerwell and Luigi Troubetzkoy;
Donated to the Museo del Paesaggio, 1938-1939

Le Cinquante expositions des gravures originales, Gallery Georges Petit, Paris, 1908;
Catalogue of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy . The Art Institute, Chicago 1912 (february) n. 39;
Collection of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy, City Art Museum of St. Louis 1912 (march), n. 39;
Exhibition of Sculpture by Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo (USA) 1912 (april), n. 39 ;
Prima Esposizione Nazionale d'arte della Secessione, Rome 1913, n.64;
Salon de la Societé Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris 1921 (april-june), n. 1903;
XIII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, 1922, n. 9;
Museo del Paesaggio, Verbania, 1990, n. 115

A. Alexandre,"Salon de la Societé des Beaux Arts" in Le Figaro, 14 April 1908;
A. Alexandre, "Les Petites Expositions" in Le Figaro, 27 May 1908;
G. Bal, "Expositions des oeuvres du prince Troubetzkoy" in The New York Herald, 27 May 1908;
A. Alexandre,"Figures de notre temps: Paul Troubetzkoy" in Comoedia, 3rd June 1911;
S. Frezzotti, exh. cat., Paolo Troubetzkoy, 1990, pp. 168-169 n. 115;
Paolo Troubetzkoy, La Collezione del Museo del Paesaggio, Palazzo Viani Dugnani, Verbania, 2017, p. 142