"Alabaster sculpture by Giuseppe Gambogi (1862-1938) Italian sculptor."
Alabaster sculpture, signed on the base on the right
Dimensions: H 29, W 28 cm, D 18 cm.
Giuseppe Gambogi is an Italian sculptor. He works in Paris and exhibits at exhibitions. He likes to represent classical, romantic and orientalist subjects. Mythology inspires her as much as the imagination of women, from the nymph to the goddess. His works testify to the fascination of the Belle Époque for the idealized human form, associated with melancholic and sometimes exotic subjects. The sculptor has a taste for beautiful materials: he sculpts marble and alabaster, sometimes adds onyx to enhance his work.
The sculptor represents a young woman playing with the puma! The beast rolls up its jaws, the beauty looks at her feline and puts her hand on his neck. In her left hand, she rolls a ball, as if, from one moment to the next, she was going to throw it at him: the fantasized universe of the sculptor is endowed with humor. Installed on its rock, its delicate body contrasts with the tense musculature of the animal.
Museums: Museu Europeu d'art Modern, Barcelona