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Fantastic 19th century Alabaster Sculputure of Mother & Child By Antonio Frilli

Name: Fantastic 19th century Alabaster Sculputure of Mother & Child By Antonio Frilli
Brand: Antonio Frilli
Rating: 4.9 (116 reviews)

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This is beautiful and sensitively executed signed alabaster sculpture by the famous Florentine sculpture Antonio Frilli. The piece dates to the 19th century and features a woman holding her son. Pay particular attention to the details, the condition and the articulation of the fingers and toes which are so lifelike and so well-defined they clearly show the talent of this masterpiece and its creator. The piece is made of carved white alabaster and is in good antique condition. Minor signs of age and wear but nothing significant. Dimensions: 18 inches high x 13.5 inches wide x 8 inches deep. In 1883, Frilli established his first and exclusive Atelier in via dei Fossi, Florence, where he worked with a few assistants on medium-size refined painted alabasters and big white Carrara marble statues for private villas and monumental cemeteries. His works decorate famous cemeteries such as Porte Sante and Allori in Florence.[1] A marble portrait of Frilli was carved in his Atelier after his death, and it was placed on his family tomb in Cimitero degli Allori. Frilli and his gallery were well known in Europe, the United States and Australia, as he took part in several world's fair exhibitions. He was in Philadelphia for the Centennial Exposition of 1876, and in 1881 his statues and garden furnitures were exhibited in the Italian Pavilion in Melbourne, Australia. In 1904, two years after Frilli's death, his son Umberto took part in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, where one of his father's works – a sculpture on a "Woman on a Hammock" in white Carrara marble – won the Grand Prize and 6 gold medals.[2][3] In 1999, the same masterpiece was sold by Sotheby's with an auction estimate of $800,000.[4] More recently, Frilli's 1892 sculpture "Sweet Dreams",[5] which features a life-sized reclining nude in a hammock and which was exhibited at Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, was sold at a Los Angeles auction house.[6] A 2013 novel by Gary Rinehart, Nude Sleeping in a Hammock, is a fictionalized account of the statue's owners since 1892 and how the sculpture affected their fortunes.[7]

Creator:
Antonio Frilli (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)
Style:
Neoclassical (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Alabaster
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1880-1889
Date of Manufacture:
1880
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Good condition with minor wear and signs of use. No major issues or missing toes or fingers.
Seller Location:
Swedesboro, NJ
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2091343808382

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