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Browse all works in the Marochetti Collection Search All Collections   Please Select... AFF Verdi Saint Kneale Joy Warner SheetMusic Marochetti Collins Draper Goodman Gori DFleischmann Marco Piero Gower Catalogue entry   Title: Child Riding a Seahorse Artist: Baron Carlo Marochetti   This is first mentioned in an inventory of the contents of the Castello di Agliè of 1876, which refers to "a marble slab with a seahorse and child in metal". Though there is now no trace of the marble slab, this is evidently the work referred to. A recent study emphasises the variegated patina of this piece. The body of the seahorse is of a reddish hue, whereas its flippers have a greenish patina. Anna Bovero, in her work of 1942, dated the piece around 1838, but in a more recent study (Michaela Sgherzi), 1836 is suggested as a more likely date. Both authors assume this to be a study for a fountain group. Material(s): Bronze Medium: Unassigned Finish: - Technique: Cast Genre: Unassigned Location: Castello di Aglie, Piedmont, Aglie, Italy Colours: Year: 1836 Height: 0.3 metres Width: 0.56 metres Depth: 0 metres Key: 2050 Acc. No.: 2050 Col. No.: 2050 Number of views: 5936   Location View Larger Map

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