Giuseppe Sanmartino

Lot 75: ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE SANMARTINO (1720-1793)

Name: ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE SANMARTINO (1720-1793)
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 3a820f26a5

Est: £12,000 GBP - £18,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 08, 2009

Item Overview

Description

TWO PUTTI ADORING A BANNER WITH A FEMALE FIGURE

Dimensions

78cm., 30 5/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Giuseppe Sanmartino

Medium

white marble on an integrally carved pedestal with green marble panels

Date

Italian, Naples, second half 18th century

Notes

Similar groups of putti with inlaid bases have traditionally been associated with Giuseppe Sanmartino. Compare other allegorical groups sold at Christie's London, 10 December 1996, lot 73 and another sold at Sotheby's London, 13 December 1991, lot 254. See also Sanmartino's putti with the Instruments of the Passion in the Certosa di San Martino in Naples, published by Fittipaldi.

RELATED LITERATURE
T. Fittipaldi, Scultura Napoletana del Settecento, Napels, 1980, fig. 374; E. Catello, Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720-1793), Napels, 2004

Auction Details

Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art

Sotheby's

December 08, 2009, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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