Méphistophélès Casting

Late 19th C Effigy of Mephistopheles on a bronze dresser tray. Leaning into the tray with a contemplative pose and conniving expression. Best known for his role in Faust. Caught in h...

A vintage accessory case by a Moroccan artist. Made of cast aluminum with a unique shape. The texture of the texture that seems to be finely tapped is...

Stunning English Bronze statue showing polo player on a bucking bronze Stands in at over two feet tall so an impressive work The patina to the bronze is superb and this is ready to d...

Solid brass casting of an eagle with its wing spread. It mounts at the bottom. Good condition with appropriate wear from age, with patina. One available. Please note, this item is lo...

A vintage vase by a Moroccan artist. The artist is unknown. Made of cast aluminum with a unique shape. Polished finish.

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”.