Francesca Romana Rocchini

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The bronze sculpture depicts the bust of a boy wearing a soft cap and a shawl, mounted on a green marble base, and stylistically and typologically it seems attributable to the verismo production of the Neapolitan sculptor Giovanni De Martino (1870–1935), famous for his busts of street urchins and children.

Main features

• Subject: Bust of a child or youngster with the head covered by a soft cap and wrapped in a shawl or mantle.
• Material: Patinated bronze sculpture with a square marble base

La scultura in bronzo raffigura il busto di un fanciullo con cuffietta e scialle, montato su una base in marmo verde, e stilisticamente e tipologicamente sembra riconducibile alla produzione verista dello scultore napoletano Giovanni De Martino (1870–1935), celebre per i suoi busti di scugnizzi e bambini.

Caratteristiche principali

• Soggetto: Busto di un bambino o fanciullo con il capo coperto da una cuffietta morbida e avvolto in uno scialle o mantello.
• Materiale: Scultura in bronzo patinato con base quadrata in marmo 

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Statue, Scugnizzo - 20 cm - Bronze, Marble

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Bronze patinated bust of a boy wearing a soft cap and shawl, mounted on a green marble square base, in a Realism style, signed and originating from Italy, with dimensions 11 cm wide by 20 cm high by 11 cm deep and a weight of 4 kg, in good condition.

Statue, Scugnizzo - 20 cm - Bronze, Marble

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Bronze patinated bust of a boy wearing a soft cap and shawl, mounted on a green marble square base, in a Realism style, signed and originating from Italy, with dimensions 11 cm wide by 20 cm high by 11 cm deep and a weight of 4 kg, in good condition.

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