Attributed to Angelo Gabriello Piò

Heim Gallery, London

Heim Summer 1966, no. 74; Washington, New York, Cambridge 1979-1982, no. 46 (illus.)

Standard surface abrasions, minor losses and chipping throughout. Horizontal restored crack approx 2 inches from upper edge. Some restored chips on the edges including left side around the staff and in area around grass / ground, lower arm and hat of far right hand figure and some of right edge. Terracotta colored pigment on surface. Some dirt. Stable and attractive.
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RELATED LITERATURE

Riccomini 1965, nos. 53-73

Of the sculptors working in Bologna at the beginning of the 18th century, the present sculpture seems closest to the work of Angelo Gabriello Piò, with broad, flat swathes of drapery and economically modeled relief.