Lot 81: Constantino Corti (1824-1873): An impressive

Constantino Corti (1824-1873): An impressive marble figure entitled Il Vincitore the powerful looking man with flowing hair seated naked on a rocky outcrop holding a sword, titled and signed C Corti 190cm.; 75ins high Constantino Corti worked together with another Milanese sculptor Pietro Calvi (1833-1884) on a number of occasions They are responsible for some of the figures in Milan cathedral and works at the Galleria Vittorio statue of Lucifero which is in the Museo Nacional de Belles Artes Buenos Aires. This variation on th theme of the Devil is only different in the treatment of the hair and toenails and the wings,which are lacking,producing a powerful and striking image without any of the satanic qualities which characterise other similar versions of this piece which was also executed by Petro Calvi. A bronze example entitled Lucifero was sold at Sotheby's London on 21 June 1988