19th and 20th Century Sculpture
19th and 20th Century Sculpture
Magnificent Marbles from a Private American Collection
Antonio Rossetti
Amore Segreto (Secret Love)
Lot Closed
December 9, 01:25 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Magnificent Marbles from a Private American Collection
Antonio Rossetti
Italian
b. 1819
Amore Segreto (Secret Love)
signed and dated: A. E. Rossetti [...] / Roma 1879
white marble
94cm., 37in.
its sale, Christie's New York, 19 April 2016, lot 84;
Private American Collection
'Secret Love' is illustrated here as a veiled Cupid. The accomplished carving of the diaphanous cloth drawn over Cupid's face and body demonstrates Rossetti's high technical skill. The vogue for this typically Italian motif was revived by Raffaelle Monti in the early 1860s and was developed by sculptors such as Rossetti and Orazio Andreoni.
Born in Milan, Antonio Rossetti received his initial training under Francesco Somaini before moving to Rome in 1843, where he is documented to have been active until at least 1889. Rossetti's works were exhibited widely, and the present model was shown in both Rome (1879) and London (1888). Another version of Amore Segreto is housed in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’Ottocento e del Primo Novecento, Turin, 2003, p. 785