ILDEBRANDO BASTIANI | ALLEGORY OF SPRING

A Florentine by birth, Bastiani was a pupil of Augusto Rivalta in Milan before entering the studio of the famous sculptor Cesare Zocchi. His oeuvre is characterised by a typically Italian combination of grand allegorical compositions and more sentimental genre works. 

This elegant figure of Spring showcases Bastiani's skill in the texturing of the marble surface, with transparent drapery enveloping the woman's forms.

RELATED LITERATURE

A. Panzetta, Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell'Ottocento e del Primo Novecento, Turin, 2003, p. 77