BY MONTINELLI, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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An Italian white marble figure of a young girl, on marble pedestal
By Montinelli, Last quarter 19th Century
Seated on a tree-stump, wearing a long lacy dress open at the chest, holding a book inscribed with a love-heart in one hand and a single rose in the other, on a naturalistically-carved base inscribed Montinelli fece Badere and to the front edge E DESTINATO PER LA MAMMA DAREI PER UNO SCUDO; on a verde antico marble pedestal, the circular top above a cylindrical turned and tapering column, on spreading foot and octagonal plinth
The figure: 41¾ in. (106 cm.) high
The pedestal: 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
By Montinelli, Last quarter 19th Century
Seated on a tree-stump, wearing a long lacy dress open at the chest, holding a book inscribed with a love-heart in one hand and a single rose in the other, on a naturalistically-carved base inscribed Montinelli fece Badere and to the front edge E DESTINATO PER LA MAMMA DAREI PER UNO SCUDO; on a verde antico marble pedestal, the circular top above a cylindrical turned and tapering column, on spreading foot and octagonal plinth
The figure: 41¾ in. (106 cm.) high
The pedestal: 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high