Name: SILVERIO MARTINOLI (1830-1913)
Brand: 'Mamma ce n'è una sola' (You only have one mother)
Price: 6000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

SILVERIO MARTINOLI (1830-1913)
'Mamma ce n'è una sola' (You only have one mother)
signed 'MARTIONLI F.^CT1874' and 'Mamma ce ne una sola'
white marble
49¹⁄₄ in. (125 cm.) high, overall

Sotheby's, London, 23 November 2010, lot 88.

A. Panzetta, Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani, Turin, 2003, p. 572.

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Lot Essay

Silvio Martinoli was born in 1830 and this marble can probably be identified as the group exhibited by him first in Naples in 1877 and then in Turin in 1878. Martinoli followed the verismo school and was well-known for his genre subjects, of which this marble is a typical example, displaying not only his extraordinary technical skill, but also his ability to take an everyday subject and imbue it with grace and tenderness. The sculptor has created an impression of lightness in the large stone group by his masterful deep undercutting to the stool and footstool; the folds of drapery, falling from the mother's shoulder and tucked in at the stool, add to the sense of informality. Martinoli has captured a tender and intimate moment as the mother turns aside from her book to devote her attention to her two children, caressing the toddler's curly head while she nurses the baby.