Professor' Cesare Lapini (Italian, 1848-1893): A carved white marble figure of 'Non Ci Credo' raised on a contemporary verde antico pedestal
the figure depicting a peasant girl standing beside a rustic well, her right hand raised and wagging her finger, on circular naturalistic base signed and dated C. Lapini, Frienze, 1883, the front inscribed with the title NON CI CREDO, raised on a contemporary verde antico pedestal, the revolving circular plateau top on column support and canted circular base, the figure, 83cm high, the pedestal with some damages, 121cm high (2)
Footnotes:
Born in Florence, Lapini became one of the leading marble sculptors of his generation and his studio produced numerous allegorical and genre subjects, portrait busts and works after the antique. These were sold with great success alongside works by his contemporaries in his gallery in Florence to travellers on the Grand Tour, which by the late 19th century included the newly emerging wealthy middle classes of Britain, Germany, Russia, France and America. Lapini exhibited a number of sculptures at the 'Esposizione Generale Italiana di Torino' in 1884, including 'Sorpresa' and 'Il primo bacio' and also at Rome in 1888.
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