PAOLO DI FERDINANDO TRISCORNIA | AL CIRCO (AT THE CIRCUS)

Paolo di Ferdinando Triscornia added the 'di Ferdinando' to his name to distinguish himself from another sculptor with the same name, active in Carrara (d. 1907). Paolo was a descendant of another Paolo Triscornia (1757-1833), the Neoclassical sculptor who worked in Saint Petersburg for most of his career. A major sculpture by the present Paolo Triscornia, a narrative marble of Thomas Campbell's poem, Lord Ullin's Daughter, was sold at Sotheby's London, November 13, 2007, lot 73 (£102,500). The present exuberant marble fits well within Triscornia's oeuvre of genre sculptures, and shows particular skill in the distinction of the different textures of the marble, particularly the wicker basket, the girl's tights and the embroidery on her tunic. 

RELATED LITERATURE

S. Berresford (ed.), "Sognando il marmo", Cultura e commercio del marmo tra Carrara, Gran Bretagna e Impero (1820-1920 circa), Pisa, 2009, p. 111, figs. 111 and 130