A 19th century statuary marble allegorical group of a semi-naked woman, her eyes cast upwards, holding a spray of lilies, a winged youth with twin serpent's tails clasping her leg and drapery from below, signed and dated F.Villa. 1856, right arm broken, fingers missing, chipping to foliage -- 33in.(84cm.) high.

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A 19th century statuary marble allegorical group of a semi-naked woman, her eyes cast upwards, holding a spray of lilies, a winged youth with twin serpent's tails clasping her leg and drapery from below, signed and dated F.Villa. 1856, right arm broken, fingers missing, chipping to foliage -- 33in.(84cm.) high.

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A 19th century statuary marble allegorical group of a semi-naked woman, her eyes cast upwards, holding a spray of lilies, a winged youth with twin serpent's tails clasping her leg and drapery from below, signed and dated F.Villa. 1856, right arm broken, fingers missing, chipping to foliage -- 33in.(84cm.) high.
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Federico Gaetano Villa, 1837 - 1907, specialised in genre figures, often with classical overtones.

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