19th and 20th Century Sculpture
19th and 20th Century Sculpture
GIOVANNI SPERTINI | FANCIULLA CHE SCRIVE (GIRL WRITING)
Auction Closed
December 11, 11:50 AM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
GIOVANNI SPERTINI
Italian
1821-1895
FANCIULLA CHE SCRIVE (GIRL WRITING)
signed and dated: Gio Spertini. f / 1874
white marble, on a mottled grey marble base
64.5cm., 25⅜in. overall
This superbly carved marble showcases the extraordinary skill of the Milanese sculptor Giovanni Spertini. Entitled Fanciulla che scrive, the model was exhibited at the Accademia di Brera in Milan in 1867, and later shown at the Exposition Universelle of 1878. The life-size marble, of which the present statuette is a reduction, is preserved in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Milan.
Giovanni Spertini studied at the Brera Academy under Benzoni, Labus and Magni. Specialising in genre subjects, he exhibited internationally, including in Munich (1869), Paris (1878) and Dublin (1865).
RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’Ottocento e del Primo Novecento, Turin, 2003, p. 856