Antique Italian Art Nouveau Coldpainted Bronze Orientalist Figure Arab Girl by Ferdinando de Luca 1900 Drawings & Prints from Greek mythology

from Greek mythology

The interior is lined with royal blue satin concertina shaped coin pockets and the original beveled mirror

wonderful patina to the bronze and no damage or restoration

It is a scene that is very finely painted by a very talented Roman artist

despite having not graduated

Antique Italian Art Nouveau Coldpainted Bronze Orientalist Figure Arab Girl by Ferdinando de Luca 1900 Drawings & Prints from Greek mythologyA very large & finely modeled antique Italian cold painted Orientalist bronze of a young Arab girl, by the Italian sculptor Ferdinando de Luca, circa 1900. Ferdinando de Luca (also known as Francesco de Luca) was an Italian sculptor working in the later part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century, mainly executing high quality Art Nouveau & Art Deco figural subjects. This large bronze depicts a beautiful young Arab girl wearing a