Table lamp; Italian school, c. 1930.

Table lamp; Italian school, c. 1930.
Carved alabaster.
Electrified.
Measurements: 41 x 25 x 20 cm.
Table lamp enhanced in alabaster representing a fountain as a base and a young naked girl sitting on it. The work reflects a clear classicist intention showing an idealized image. Reflecting a broad knowledge of classical sculpture. It is a good example of the neoclassical sculpture of the nineteenth century, which is inspired by the Greco-Latin tradition through different points of view, adopting its principles of order, clarity, austerity, balance and purpose. It is dominated by a totally rational approach to the human figure, which pursues the classical ideal of perfection. As the historian and lover of Greek art Winckelmann advocated, the sculptor "burns with fire and performs with phlegm", tempering and balancing reason and emotion, ideal and real model.