An Italian marble figure of a Bacchante, on marble plinth
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An Italian marble figure of a Bacchante, on marble plinth

BY ANTONIO FRILLI, FLORENCE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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An Italian marble figure of a Bacchante, on marble plinth
By Antonio Frilli, Florence, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
The base inscribed A. FRILLI. S.A/FIRENZE
The figure: 57½ in. (146.1 cm.) high; The plinth: 33¾ in. (88.3 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The prolific gallery run by Antonio Frilli produced a variety of commercial sculptures in alabaster and marble, reflecting the pinnacle of fashionable taste of his time. He is first recorded as an exhibitor at the Espozione Nazionale di Roma in 1883, and he further exhibited in Glasgow in 1888 and Paris in 1889. A highly technical sculptor, his skill is abundantly evident in his tour de force, Nude Reclining in a Hammock (Sotheby's New York, 3 November 1999, lot 62).

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