JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 12 March 2024 - 10:00 AM start

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A fine large 19thC Italian carved Carrara white marble sculpture of a young naked woman standing,

Realised: $10,000 plus premium

Lot Details

by Ferdinando Vichi (Italy 1875-1945). The figure depicted with one arm raised to her hair, the other lowered holding a bouquet of roses. On fitted octagonal stepped marble base, incised signature. H.1185mm. Vichi was a central figure in the production of Florentine sculpture at the end of the 19thC. He is associated with the sculptors Cesare Lapini, Pietro Bazzanti and Guglielmo Pugi, all of whom executed works at The Galleria Bazzanti. The gallery, originally Bazzanti's studio, was inaugurated in 1822 and is still open today. His compositions are varied in subject matter, ranging from busts after the Antique to Orientalist themes and Renaissance-inspired models. Like many other late 19thC sculptors, Vichi often took inspiration from classical antiquity. Historicising romantic subjects were very popular in Italian sculpture of the late 19thC.