Small Bronze Bust need information

[deltatango]

Hi all

New here, I have a small bronze bust about 5" high, would like to know
who the bronze is, and the sig on the back looks like "perito" any ideas
images below I hope

[deltatango]

No Bronze experts out there ?

[cogar]

No Bronze experts out there ?

Now don't be rushing them, ....... it's the weekend ya know.

[mart]

Meant to get back on this yesterday but the weeds in my garden were calling !!~  Perito in Spanish means expert or specialist,, there is also a town in Italy called Perito !!  Found only a few proper names and they had nothing to do with bronze !!    Have you scratched the bottom a tiny bit to see if there is another color under the bronze ??

[ghopper1924]

The only Perito I could find was a mid 20th century orchestra director who worked with mainstream folks like Don Knotts. Nothing about bronze, although your piece looks 20th century.

[mart]

I have seen a few of these that are busts of some of the classical composers, Beethoven, Bach, Handel, ect !!  Beethoven was a popular one !!

[Ipcress]

Not sure about the name because you have a capital T amongst lower case letters there.

[mart]

At only 5" I think this may be a gift shop/souvenier item !!  From where,, I have no idea !!

[ghopper1924]

Yep. Looks fairly recent, I'd say value is negligible.

[deltatango]

Thanks for the replies, still no further forward, its defiantly bronze heavy and cold, same as my other bronze's, I thought it was better than gift shop/souvenir piece, quite good definition......... .

[KC]

Totally agree with Mart about these were often of composers and were proudly displayed by students/musicians!