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AN ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY ENTITLED 'IN RIPOSO'
Lot 73

AN ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY ENTITLED 'IN RIPOSO'

CAST BY G. STRADA, AFTER THE MODEL BY LUIGI SECCHI, MILAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed14 March 2013

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GBP 10,000

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY ENTITLED 'IN RIPOSO'
CAST BY G. STRADA, AFTER THE MODEL BY LUIGI SECCHI, MILAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
signed 'L. SECCHI MILANO', and stamped 'G STRADA & C FUSE MILANO', on a mahogany plinth
The bronze: 50 in. (127 cm.) high;
The plinth: 16 in. (41 cm.) high; 22½ in. (56 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A virtually identical bronze by Luigi Secchi (d.1921) with similar dimensions, dated 1883, is in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, room XXV, GAM 487. Born in Cremona in 1853, Secchi specialised in genre figures, medallions and bas-reliefs. 'In Riposo' is one of his most celebrated models; other examples are in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Rome and the Genoa Museum.