An Alabaster Sculpture of a Nymph

Carved from a Model by Ferdinando Vichi, circa 1900

Inscribed F. Vichi and Firenzé

34 in (86.4 cm) high

cf. Alfonso Panzetta, Dizionario Degli Scultori Italiani Dell' Ottocento e del primo Novecento, 1994, Vol. II, p.201

Ferdinando Vichi was a central figure in the production of Florentine sculpture at the end of the 19th century. Associated with the sculptors Cesare Lapini, Pietro Bazzanti and Guglielmo Pugi, Vichi executed works at the Galleria Bazzanti. Like many other late 19th-century sculptors, Vichi often took inspiration from classical antiquity, but this sculpture shows his ability to produce works in the Art Nouveau style.