Lot 72: ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCISCO SALZILLO (1707-1783)

VIRGIN AND CHILD

group: 33cm., 13in. base: 20cm., 8in.

gilt and polychromed unfired clay, inset with glass eyes, silver crown, on a gilt and polychromed wood base

Spanish, Murcia, 18th century

Francesco Salzillo entered the family workshop upon the death of his father in 1727. He had hoped to pursue a career in the church, but instead used his faith to inspire his sculpture. By 1755 Salzillo was appointed escultor y modelista and Inspector to the Inquisition for painting and sculpture in Murcia. The treatment of the drapery, richly decorated robes with intricate detailing, and physiognomy of the two figures are all consistent with Salzillo's work.

RELATED LITERATURE
J. Sánchez Moreno, Vida y obra de Francisco Salzillo, Murcia, 1945; E. Pardo, Canalís: Francisco Salzillo, Madrid, 1965; J. C. López Giménez, Escultura mediterránea: Final del siglo XVII y el siglo XVIII, Murcia, 1966; D. López García: Antonio Duparc y Francisco Salzillo, Murcia, 1970; E. Gómez Piñol, de., El imaginero Francisco Salzillo, Museo. Salzillo, 1973, J. L. Morales y Marin, El arte de Francisco Salzillo, Murcia, 1975; C. Belda Navarro, 'Los bocetos de Salzillo y su significación en la escultura barroca', Goya, 136 ,1977, pp. 226?33; Francisco Salzillo, exh. cat., Murcia, Mus. B.A., 1983