An Italian white marble bust of Sappho

BY ? MERLIN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

细节
An Italian white marble bust of Sappho
By ? Merlin, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
The young poetess with laurel to her hair and drapery hanging over her shoulder, a giltmetal-stringed lyre, a sheet of music and further laurel at her breast, on a tapering socle inscribed MERLIN and with the title to the front
28in. (71cm.) high

拍品专文

The present bust of Sappho, by Merlin, is in the manner of the distinctive work of the Italian sculptor, Emmanuele Villanis.