GROUP, SHOWER, MANIFATTURA GINORI, 1770 CIRCA in porcelain painted in polychrome, depicting the Allegory of Sculpture: a female figure in an inspired attitude, while at her feet a young boy sculpts a bust and a torso; in a scroll at the base the inscription "Per te Nova gloria Caelo". The small sculpture originates from a model conceived by the sculptor Gaspero Bruschi, listed in the Inventory of Models as being present in the "Secondo Palchetto della Sesta Stanza", from which derives a version similar to ours, but with some variations, now conserved in the Stibbert Museum in Florence; 19.7x14.4x12.8 cm A GINORI GROUP OF ALLEGORY OF SCULPTURE, DOCCIA, CIRCA 1770 Bibliography for comparison A. Biancalana, Porcellane e maioliche a Doccia. La fabbrica dei Marchesi Ginori. I primi cento anni, Florence 2009, p. 59 "RTF to HTML .Net".

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