A GOOD 19th CENTURY CARVED ALABASTER SCULPTURE OF GIRL BITTEN BY SCORPION AFTER LORENZO BARTOLINI
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A GOOD 19th CENTURY CARVED ALABASTER SCULPTUREDEPICTING A NAKED GIRL BITTEN BY SCORPION
AFTER THE ORIGINAL MARBLE SCULPTURE BY LORENZO BARTOLINI
THE GIRL SITTING ON THE GROUND HOLDING HER FOOT LOOKING AT THE BITE
THE SCORPION ON THE GROUND BETWEEN HER LEGS
DRAPERY AT THE BACK OF HER
CARVED ON AN OVAL BASE
HEIGHT 7.5 INCHES
THE BASE 10 X 5.25 INCHES
GOOD CONDITION
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Lorenzo Bartolini (7 January 1777 - 20 January 1850) has been recognised as one of the great sculptors of Europe. His style is quite different from the traditional Neo-Classical style of Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen, because it is not based on the antique or on standard Academic principles. He was a controversial and polemical artist. His fascinating life has all the drama of a novel by Stendhal. He was proud and independent; a rebel, revolutionary and republican. At Paris he became Napoleonist and remained so all his life. His views were always strong and he was inclined to quarrel, even with friends. Today there can be few connoisseurs who do not appreciate the beauty and quality of his works.
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