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PASQUALE ROMANELLI (ITALIAN, 1812-1887)
Sulamitide
signed 'P. Romanelli / Firenze' (to top of base), raised on a green marble pedestal
marble
3112 in. (80 cm.) high, the figure
3814 (97.5 cm.) high, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide, the pedestal
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The original source of inspiration for this statue is the play La Sulamitide by Giuseppe Maria Ercolani, published in 1733, about a son of the king of Egypt and the daughter of Solomon called Sulamita. An opera of the same title by Domenico Fischetti released in 1753 reinforced the character of Sulamitide as a beautiful Odalisque. Pasquale Romanelli studied at the Academy in Florence under Luigi Pampaloni and Lorenzo Bartolini, swiftly becoming Bartolinis favored pupil and taking over his atelier on his death. Romanelli was much-admired in his own right, much commissioned for public monuments and exhibited in Paris and London.

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