Living Artists Contemporary Art Auction
Lot 169:
SHIPS FROM Isle of Wight, England Charcoal study of the head of the Laocoon statue, thought by Pliny to have been sculpted by an ancient Greek sculptor for the Roman Empereror, Titus. It was unearthed in a vineyard near Rome in 1506. The enormous writhing original sculpture can be seen in its entirety in the Vatican Museum. ARTIST BIO Forever inspired by the timeless, classical beauty of the Italian Renaissance, Francesca, predominantly a portrait painter, seeks to convey recognisable realism, imbued with the rarely seen iridescent flow of light linking the soul with the realms beyond?
Condition: Good, as in the images
Dimensions: 57 x 42 cm
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