Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 137*
A rare Capodimonte figure of a hunchback or 'Gobbino' from the Commedia dell'Arte, circa 1755
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A rare Capodimonte figure of a hunchback or 'Gobbino' from the Commedia dell'Arte, circa 1755
Modelled by Giuseppe Gricci, wearing a yellow pointed hat, a jacket edged in purple with blue cuffs and gilt buttons, purple-striped breeches and yellow shoes, 12.2cm high (restored)
Footnotes
Provenance:
With Lukacs and Donath (paper label to the base);
European Private Collection since the 1980s
Another example of this rare figure in the Museo Nazionale di San Martino is illustrated by Angela Caròla-Perrotti, Le porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 103. The author notes that Giuseppe Gricci seems to have taken the French Commedia with its more restrained clothing as an example, and also been inspired by Jacques Callot's Balli di Sfessania in the arm gesture. The female counterpart for this group, Colombine, is in the collection of the Museo Teatro della Scala in Milan.
