Lot 159: AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'L'ACQUA PER IL PANE'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY RICCARDO RIPAMONTI (1849-1930)
In the form of a nude boy holding an amphora on a naturalistic base, signed Ripamonti
23 1/2 in. (57.2cm.)

RELATED LITERATURE:
F.Sapori Scultura Italiana Moderna. Rome 1949, fig.92
M de Micheli, La Scultura dell Ottocento, Turin 1992, pp.330
V. Vicario, Vol.II pp 886-889, Panzetta p.233

The original cast was exhibited Milan 1891 and purchased by the Milan Gallery of Modern Art. It is considered one of Ripamonti's most famous realist subjects, Sapori admiring the contrast between the angular limbs of the boy and the smooth shape of the amphora.
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's 21st November 1995, lot 77.

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