1054 - Alabaster sculpture "Lesestunde", young woman with child reading in open book, 20th century

Alabaster sculpture "Lesestunde", young woman with child reading in open book, 20th century Alabaster, sculpture group "Lesestunde", 20th century, unsigned, a young woman with a child reading, the woman rests her head on her hand and looks at the child sitting next to her, who points with a finger to the alphabet in the open book, the robes with naturalistic drapery, the headscarves decorated with floral ornaments, on a block-like base left rough at the sides, good condition commensurate with age, slight age patina, stress cracks, 23x32x20 cm (HxWxD). Alabaster is a gypsum rock of calcium sulphate and is softer than marble. In Tuscany, above all in Volterra, the stone has been worked since the time of the Etruscans. In 1792 Marcello Inghirami Fei set up a workshop for alabaster working in Volterra.