Lot 367: AN ITALIAN ORMOLU AND MARBLE FIGURE ENTITLED 'AMORE IMPERA SUL MONDO', ON PEDESTAL

AN ITALIAN ORMOLU AND MARBLE FIGURE ENTITLED 'AMORE IMPERA SUL MONDO', ON PEDESTAL
BY FRANCESCO GAJARINI, FLORENCE, DATED 1876
Signed Fran Gajarini/1876 in Firenze PS Marco, on a mottled green spiral pedestal
The figure: 37 in. (94 cm.) high; The pedestal: 40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high (2)

Francesco Gajarini (or Gaiarini) studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Florence under Ulisse Cambi and Lorenzo Bartolini. In 1864 he collaborated with Giovanni Bastianini on his portrait of Savonarola and in the same year entered the studio of Alessandro Tomba, where he remained after the death of the latter to complete his unfinished commissions.