AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF SALOME WITH PEDESTAL, by Professore Fortunato Galli, the veiled dancer wearing ornate jewellery, her dress falling from her breast and holding a fan in her right hand, on a circular base signed Profesr Galli. P. Barzanti's Gallery Florence (restorations),last quarter 19th Century; on a liver-coloured marble pedestal with circular black marble capital and square foot

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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF SALOME WITH PEDESTAL, by Professore Fortunato Galli, the veiled dancer wearing ornate jewellery, her dress falling from her breast and holding a fan in her right hand, on a circular base signed Profesr Galli. P. Barzanti's Gallery Florence (restorations),last quarter 19th Century; on a liver-coloured marble pedestal with circular black marble capital and square foot
the figure: 59in. (150cm.) high
the pedestal: 44½in. (113cm.) high

拍品专文

There is little to be found in late nineteenth century records regarding the work of Fortunato Galli, but it is probable that much of his output, exhibited in the Florentine gallery of fellow sculptor, Pietrò Barzanti, was intended for the thriving Italian export market.