Pasquale Romanelli (Italian, 1812-1887)

ANDROMEDA AND THE SEA SERPENT

Details

Pasquale Romanelli (Italian, 1812-1887)
Andromeda and the Sea Serpent
signed and dated 'P. Romanelli Firenze 1882' and inscribed as titled 'ANDROMEDA'
56½in. (143.5cm.) high, marble

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 15 July 1993, lot 254

Literature

The Art Journal, London, 1861, pp. 263-264
F. Sapori, Scultura Italiana Moderna, Rome, 1949, p. 469
A. Panzetta, Dizionario degli Scultori dell'Ottocento, Turin, 1989, p. 192

Lot Essay

Romanelli studied at the Academy in Florence under Luigi Pampaloni and Lorenzo Bartolini. He is known to have worked as a collaborator in Bartolini's atelier until his teacher's death at which time he took over his studio. Romanelli worked on many public commissions in Italy his most famous being the Monument to Vittorio Fossombroni in the Piazza S. Francesco in Arezzo.