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An Italian white marble group of lovers entitled 'A pompei', on pedestal
An Italian white marble group of lovers entitled 'A pompei', on pedestal

BY FERDINANDO VICHI, FLORENCE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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An Italian white marble group of lovers entitled 'A pompei', on pedestal
By Ferdinando Vichi, Florence, Late 19th Century
Inscribed F. Vichi/Firenze, with brass title plaquette, on a mottled green marble columnar pedestal
The group: 33 in. (83.8 cm.) high; 29½ in. (75 cm.) wide; The pedestal: 39 in. (99 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Vichi was a well-established sculptor from the Florentine School, associated with the prolific Barzanti gallery. His works in alabaster and marble cover a range of subjects including busts after the Antique, Orientalistism, and allegorical compositions. He is perhaps best known for his marble titled Cupid and Psyche of which numerous examples in different dimensions frequently surface at auction. The pinnacle of his career was his involvement in the 1898 memorial erected in the cathedral of Santa Croce to honor the composer Gioacchino Rossini

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