Sergio Canestrari, Bust's Boy

Small lost-wax sculpture depicting Bear from the "Little Animals" series by designer Gabriella Crespi, 1970s. The work is hand-chiseled and gilded metal with Murano crystal egg by Ba...

This elegant cup dates back to the 19th century and was made in Italy. The bowl is made of Aswan bigio granite, characterized by its gray hue with black undertones, and black porphyr...

The sculpture in question, representing a boy with drape, is the work of Augusto Murer cast in 75 pieces, of which this is No. 58/75. Made of bronze in 1980 and in excellent condit...

De Martino is a classical artist, known for the production of sculptures of small bronze busts, in particular (“scugnizzi”, fishermen, commoners) with realistic features. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples under the guidance of Stanislao Nome, Gioacchino Toma, and Achille D ’Orsi, from whom he learned the ability to portray the most realistic details using them on very young subjects. Very young he moved to Paris where he performed small sculptural groups, exhibiting frequently at the "Paris Salon" where he won the prize of the Louvre Museum for the bronze work Le Pêcheur de criquets (The Fisher of locusts, Naples, private collection). Returning to Naples, he returned to a socialist realism and produced sculptures depicting characteristic Neapolitan types, especially urchins, “street urchins”, little boys and young fishermen. From 1916-1931 he was master of the sculptor Angelo Frattini. Later the dominant theme of his production was childhood, in particular thoughtful, sad, gaunt children were represented in his works, on whose faces the signs of abandonment and suffering emerged. De Martino became known with the nickname of “The sculptor of children”.