Lot 113: Gaetano Trentanove , Italian 1858-1937 Tasso white Carrara marble , raised on a later white marble pedestal

signed G. Trentanove / Florence - Italy and titled TASSO . white Carrara marble , raised on a later white marble pedestal

measurements figure height 36 in.; pedestal height 46 1/2 in., width 16 1/2 in., depth 16 1/2 in. alternate measurements 91.5 cm; 118 cm, 42 cm, 42 cm

Trentanove was a pupil of Augusto Rivalta at the Fine Art Academy of Florence. Two of his sculptures, Villani and Serristori, are permanently exhibited at the Logge Del Mercato Nuovo, in Florence. Exhibiting in the main Italian Salons, he was also active in America, leaving to the city of Washington a monument of Daniel Webster in 1900 and of General Albert Pinke in 1901. The charming sitter in the present lot is entitled Tasso, which is derived from the Latin word meaning to contemplate or decide.