Amore Accieca (Love Blinded)

Details

DONATO BARCAGLIA (Italian, 1849-1930)
Amore Accieca (Love Blinded)
signed 'D. BARCAGLIA' (on base)
marble
142.2 cm high
Executed in 1875

Provenance

anon. sale, Christie's, New York, The Age of Elegance, 6 May 1999, lot 34
Anderson Gallery, New York

Literature

V. Vicari, Gil Scultori Italiani dal Neoclassicismo al Liberty, Lodi, 1990, p. 50.
A. Panzetta, Dizionario Degli Scultori Italiana Dell'Ottocento e del primo Novecento, Turin, 1994, p.19

Exhibited

[Possibly] Florence, Esposizione Fiorentina, 1875.

Special notice

A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium in all lots in this sale

Lot Essay

Barcaglia was renowned for his exceptional talent in depicting the female form in marble. The last vestiges of neo-classicism which influenced his early work were soon replaced by a personal form of verisimilitude. In Amore Accieca Barcaglia imbues this large marble with the crisp attention to detail and the emphasis on movement and technical virtuosity that established his reputation. The sensual swerving contra-posto leads the viewer around and up to the figure of the playful cupid.

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