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Salvatore AlbanoSalvatore Albano signed dated 19th century figurative italian marble sculpture1890
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This marble bust, signed S. Albano dated 1890, belongs to his adult age and to the last years of his life, when he was already very requested and he had a prolific workshop in Florence. It represents a young peasant, portrayed with a simple handkerchief covering her hair and a shirt opened on the neckline to let us a see the crucifix cross, symbol of a sincere and innocent faith (the necklace appears in other is Albano’s works, like in the artist’s sister, Evangeline, Marguerite busts and in the Marguerite sculpture, all of them in private collections). The simple and tender subject is made with an exquisite technique, still quoting De Gubernatis “he can be enviable because he gives to the modelled flesh a singular transparency”, as we can see in the delicacy of the cheeks, nose, chin. His skills especially appear in the details: the locks naturally coming out, the light signs of the eyebrows, handkerchief with his thin folding line, the collar of the shirt bending on itself, the use of the drill for the rendering of the curly hair.
Born in a small town in the deep South of Italy by a decent but very modest family, he developed artistic inclination since he was a child by modelling Nativity Scene characters for the people of his neighbour until the1858 when, thanks to the help of some oh his fellows recognising his talent, he moved to Naples to follow the lessons of the sculptor Antonio Sorbillo before starting his training at the Fine Art Academy with Tito Angelini. From the 1860s his career kept increasing (his first famous work was a sculpted group of the Count Ugolino della Gherardesca acquired by the aristocrat Agostino Sergio in Naples) so much that he received a commission directly by the future king of Italy Umberto I of the House of Savoy. From the 1869 he moved to Florence where he remained until his death, divided between a private career and a role as a teacher at the Florentine Fine Art Academy.
- Creator:Salvatore Albano (1839 - 1893, Italian)
- Creation Year:1890
- Dimensions:Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Width: 11.4 in (28.96 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Florence, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1240211093932
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