Bronze sculpture by Michelangelo Monti (Milan, 1875 - Turin, 1946) depicting a rampant bull, 1930-1933. Signed on the bottom. Work commissioned by the Compagnia Anonima di Assicurazione di Torino, then Toro Assicurazioni, and reproduced in an unknown number of copies (the first were made by the Riva Fonderia and the following by the Avenati Fonderia, both in Turin). The height indicated includes the marble base. Bibliography: A. Panzetta, Michelangelo Monti 1875-1946, Turin, Allemandi, 1995, offset tables no. 86 and sheet on p. 122.