Lot Essay
Ferdinando Andreini studied under Ulysse Cambo and worked and exhibited in Florence. The present marble figure of Psyche belongs to a series of works by Andreini, executed during the last quarter of the 19th century, and concentrating on the naked or scantily-clad female figure. Other titles in this series include Sea-nymph (see Christie's London, 2 October 1997, lot 418) and Luna (see Christie's East, 5 November 1992, lot 96).