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Ettore Ximenes (Italian, 1855-1926) Pescatrice late 19th/early…
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Melbourne
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24-May-2010
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Ettore Ximenes (Italian, 1855-1926) Pescatrice late 19th/early 20th century an important Italian carved Carrara marble figure, depicting a young girl fishing, raised on a verde marble base carved in high relief with entwined dolphins, signed E. Ximenes, the figure. Height 145 cm; the base. Height 75 cm. Provenance: Purchased at the auction of the contents of Castlefield Estate, Hampton (now Hailybury College), 1918. 1918-1961 - collection of the late Charles Titchener, then by family descent. Note: Ettore Ximenes was widely known as a specialist in official monuments. A graduate of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Palermo, among his most notable commissions are the Bottego Monument in Parma and the equestrian Monument to Garibaldi in Milan. Ximenes was awarded a gold medal at the 1900 Exposition Universell, Paris, the present work shows the influence of the naturalism which was a feature of the latter part of the Victorian and early Edwardian period. Reference: Benezit - Dictionary of artists, Grund, Paris 2006, p. 1173.
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Sculpture/Statuary: Figures/Groups