dal modello di Desiderio da Settignano - Bust, Bambino ridente - 33 cm - Marble

This object is a sculptural marble reproduction of the famous Laughing Child, a Renaissance work originally attributed to the Florentine sculptor Desiderio da Settignano (whose 15th-century marble original is housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna).

Subject and style: It depicts a boy with a joyful expression and the mouth open in a smile, typical of infant portraiture in 15th-century Tuscan sculpture.

Material and manufacture: This is a Carrara marble sculpture, probably an 19th-century reproduction created by a Tuscan artist.

Condition: Damage to the neck. Restorations: It shows a fracture line with a seam at neck level with signs of surface wear that attest to its antique age.

No parts appear to be replaced