An Italian white marble figure entitled 'The Musician', on pedestal

BY ENRICO ASTORRI, MILAN, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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An Italian white marble figure entitled 'The Musician', on pedestal
By Enrico Astorri, Milan, Last Quarter 19th Century
Inscribed E. ASTORRI. MILANO, on a marble and green onyx pedestal mounted with lion masks
The figure: 43 in. (109 cm.) high; The pedestal: 31 in. (78 cm.) high (2)

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Enrico Astorri (d.1919) was born at St. Lazzaro Alberoni in 1858 and studied in Piacenza, Parma and Genoa. He eventually opened a studio in Milan, where he exhibited in 1886. The following year he exhibited in Venice and in 1889 in Munich. At the 1900 Paris Exposition he was awarded the gold medal for La Fileuse Arabe. His works are preserved in the Museo de Piacenza and the Museo Civico Revoltella in Trieste.

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