A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF THE VIRGIN IMMACULATA

CIRCLE OF GIUSEPPE SANMARTINO (1720-1793), SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF THE VIRGIN IMMACULATA
CIRCLE OF GIUSEPPE SANMARTINO (1720-1793), SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
The Virgin standing on a cloud with the serpent, angels and cherubin.
Very minor losses to polychromy; end of the serpent's tail lacking; several repairs.
31½ in. (80 cm.) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
T. Fittipaldi, Scultura Napoletana del Settecento, Naples, 1980, figs. 505, 532, 541, 562, 567.

拍品专文

Although he did work in marble, Giuseppe Sanmartino is perhaps best known today for his delicately polychromed figures executed in wood and clay. His style, which was highly influential in 18th century Naples, is often difficult to distinguish from works executed by those working in his circle; the present group is extremely close to works by Sanmartino himself, although it is also comparable to works by Giuseppe Picano and Francesco Celebrano (Fittipaldi, loc. cit.).