January 25, 2011 13:00 EST
Fine Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
454
Scipione Tadoline (Italian 1822-1892)
slave girl, signed & dated roma 1881
White marble figure signed S.Tadolini, Roma 1881, on rotating marble column and porto mable stand.
Figure H: 47, Total H: 69 in.
Provenance: Property of a Florida Gentleman
For a similar example see: Sotheby's London June 2, 2010 Lot 86
Scipione Tadoline was part of the famed Tadoline family of Rome, producing classical marble carvings for some 150 years.
Scipione was overwhelmed with commissions during his lifetime, including orders from the Church of Gonfalone, Rome
Lot 454 is in keeping with his fascination with the romantic and sensuous form of Ancient Greece, a styling the Tadolini family begun with Adamo Tadoline, an assistant to Canova.
Sold for $125,000
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
White marble figure signed S.Tadolini, Roma 1881, on rotating marble column and porto mable stand.
Provenance: Property of a Florida Gentleman
For a similar example see: Sotheby's London June 2, 2010 Lot 86
Scipione Tadoline was part of the famed Tadoline family of Rome, producing classical marble carvings for some 150 years.
Scipione was overwhelmed with commissions during his lifetime, including orders from the Church of Gonfalone, Rome
Lot 454 is in keeping with his fascination with the romantic and sensuous form of Ancient Greece, a styling the Tadolini family begun with Adamo Tadoline, an assistant to Canova.
