Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE SANMARTINO (1720–1793), SOUTHERN ITALIAN, NAPLES, 18TH CENTURY | PUTTO WITH A GOAT
Auction Closed
December 3, 02:41 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE SANMARTINO (1720–1793)
SOUTHERN ITALIAN, NAPLES, 18TH CENTURY
PUTTO WITH A GOAT
marble, on a white marble base with veined green marble inlay
group: 46 by 41 cm., 18⅛ in. by 16⅛ in.
base: 16 cm, 6¼ in.
Similar groups of putti with inlaid bases have traditionally been associated with Giuseppe Sanmartino. Compare other allegorical groups sold at Christie's London, 10 December 1996, lot 73 and another sold at Sotheby's London, 13 December 1991, lot 254. See also Sanmartino's putti with the Instruments of the Passion in the Certosa di San Martino in Naples, published by Fittipaldi.
RELATED LITERATURE
T. Fittipaldi, Scultura Napoletana del Settecento, Naples, 1980, fig. 374