a large italian white marble figure of andromeda on pedestal italy, early 20th century

bearing the signature F. Vicchi / Florence.

The surface is in good condition with its former smooth polished surface to the female body still contrasting with the treatment of her long hair and rock. The left hand has been recarved and still shows traces of restoration.
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Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, King and Queen of the Phoenician kingdom Ethiopia. Drawn from Greek mythology, she is often depicted chained to a rock to as a sacrifice to a sea monster as divine punishment for her mother's bragging.

Ferdinando Vichi (or Vicchi) is known to have been active in Florence in the last decade of the 19th and early part of the 20th century.