AN ITALIAN MARBLE STATUE OF A CHILD WITH A CAT

BY ANTONIO ARGENTI (1845-1916), LATE 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN MARBLE STATUE OF A CHILD WITH A CAT
BY ANTONIO ARGENTI (1845-1916), LATE 19TH CENTURY
ON AN OCTAGONAL NATURALISTIC BASE, SIGNED ARGENTI ANT/MILANO - 97CM HIGH; AND A BLACK AND RED MARBLE PEDESTAL, MINOR DAMAGES - 107CM. HIGH (2)

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ANTONIO ARGENTI (1845-1916) STUDIED AT THE ACADEMY OF BRERA UNDER PIETRO MAGNI (1847-1877). IN 1860 HE RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR HIS WORK MORTE DI GUILIO CESARE WHICH IS NOW IN THE GALLERIA D'ARTE MODERNA IN MILAN. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS TOMBSTONES AND STATUES OF CHILDREN. THE ROMANTIC, SENTIMENTAL ELEMENT ARGENTI PUT ESPECIALLY INTO HE STATUES OF CHILDREN WERE HIGHLY APPRECIATED BY THE BOURGOISIE OF HIS TIME.

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