Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II
Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II
Property of a Private New York Collector
Attributed to Matteo Bottiglieri (Naples 1684- 1757) Italian, 18th century
Virgin Immaculata
Lot Closed
January 28, 08:03 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private New York Collector
Attributed to Matteo Bottiglieri (Naples 1684- 1757)
Italian, 18th century
Virgin Immaculata
terracotta
height 23 ¼ in.; 59.1cm.
Salvatore and Francesco Romano, Florence;
Salvatore e Francesco Romano: Antiquari a Firenze, Sotheby's, Milan, 12 October 2009, lot 204.
Salvatore e Francesco Romano: Antiquari a Firenze, Sotheby's, Milan, 12 October 2009, lot 204.
The most famous representation of the Virgin Immaculata carved by the Neapolitan sculptor Matteo Bottiglieri is the Guglia dell'Immacolata, or the Spire of the Immaculate Virgin, in the Piazza Gesù Nuovo, Naples, which the artist worked on between 1747 and 1750 alongside the sculptor Francesco Pagani. A prototypic example of Neapolitan baroque style, the monument is richly decorated with bas-reliefs depicting the Life of the Virgin, and surmounted by a bronze figure of the Virgin Immaculata.