PROPERTY FROM THE JOHN L. PELLEGRINI COLLECTION. LUIGI CRIPPA (Italian, 1838-1895). Young Child with Dog. Marble. Sign... (Total: 2 Items)

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PROPERTY FROM THE JOHN L. PELLEGRINI COLLECTION

LUIGI CRIPPA (Italian, 1838-1895)
Young Child with Dog
Marble
Signed and dated on base: L. Crippa and 1877
38-1/2 inches (97.8 cm) high

Depicting a child and a retriever, on an octagonal wood pedestal with a round marble top

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Paris.

Crippa achieved considerable celebrity for his work as a sculptor of genre figures of this type. He was born and trained at the Art Academy in Milan, and first exhibited his work in 1859 at the Turin Exposition where his youthful efforts won an award. He received commissions in Rome, Florence, Turin and Milan, where his work in preserved in private and public collections.


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