About this lot

Description

realistically modelled, signed to reverse and mounted to an ebonised plinth base,
40cm high overall



Footnote:

Note: Astride Petrilli worked with Raffaello Romanelli before establishing his own studio at via Serragli, 152, in Florence. He specialised in romanticized figures of classical and historical themes, often using coloured marbles or bronze or gilt highlights. His exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in 1896 (n° 3744 "Deux haut-reliefs" and n° 3745 "L'Empereur Napoléon Bonaparte") and exhibited a bust of Joan of Arc at the Paris Exposition Universelle 1900, and Wrestling Bacchantes at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World's Fair).



Condition report:

Large loss to true right-hand side of head dress, restoration to front of head dress, repair to nose, further lesser chipping, losses and repairs. Somewhat stained.

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