A CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A RECLINING FEMALE NUDE
BY MARCHINO DI CAMPERTOGNO, ITALIAN, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Signed on the underside 'MARCHINO F.'.
The toes of the left foot lacking.
3in.(7.6cm.) long
Lot Essay
Marchino was a pupil of Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo, and is known to have worked principally in ivory. Two of his works were formerly in the Rothschild collection in Hamburg.