1925
PETRILLI, Aristide - in the style of (1868 Tivoli - 1930?)
An antique lyre player
White marble, partly coloured. Without signature. H 72.5 cm. 23.90 kg.
A young woman in a long robe with meandering borders stands on a square plinth. She wears a laurel wreath in her hair and holds a lyre with both hands in front of her chest. It is probably a depiction of the Greek poetess Sappho (between 630 and 612 BC - around 570 BC). Minor chips and scratches, the frame partially chipped, the base chipped.
Aristide Petrilli: Italian sculptor, studied in Florence at the Art Institute and then at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, worked with Raffaello Romanelli, specialized in romanticized figures of classical and historical themes, often using coloured marble, bronze or gilded accents.
Provenance : Museum estate of Peter Kaus.
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Call time 18 | June 2026 | presumably 18:03 (CET)
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