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PUTTI MUSICANTI
An Italian carved white marble group depicting five putti musicians
standing on an oval base, raised on a green marble fluted column.
65cm high, 83cm wide; pedestal 110cm high
Italian sculptor Ferdinando Vichi (1875-1945 ) was one of a most talented
group of Tuscan sculptors associated with the Bazzanti Gallery in Florence.
The gallery was founded in 1822 by Pietro and Niccolò Bazzanti as a marble
sculpture atelier whose works embellished many Florentine collections and
were sold all over the world. Historicising romantic subjects were very popular
in Italian sculpture of the late 19th century and sculptors Cesare Lapini,
Guglielmo Pugi and Ferdinando Vichi were amongst the most popular and
successful in the idiom.
€ 15,000 - 25,000