Rinaldo Rinaldi (Padova 1703-Roma 1873), "Speranza"

Speranza

RINALDO RINALDI.
1793 - 1873

Rinaldo Rinaldi was  native of Padua.

 

After receiving his first education as an artist in the Academy at Venice, Rinaldi received the highest prize.

 

EVA.

Statue. Life size.

She stands, with head declined, lamenting her irreparable fault ; the serpent and the bitten apple lie at her feet.

DELAMOTTE



A magnificent marble sculpture - The Temptation of Eve
Italian, Circa 1862
Carrara Marble
Rinaldo RINALDI.

“THE TEMPTATION OF EVE” is a typical example of the genre of his work, as he often depicted women and occasionally explored biblical themes. T

he sculpture is signed to the base “R. Rinaldi Roma 1862”.

It depicts Eve in the Garden of Eden captured at that crucial moment with her hand raised to her face in a remorseful manner.

The serpent lurks on the tree trunk behind her while the forbidden apple has fallen, forgotten, to the ground.

Rinaldo Rinaldi was the son of the Italian sculptor Domenico Rinaldi.

He studied under the great master Antonio Canova of Rome during the early years of the 19th century.

As a result of such influence and tutelage, his works are some of the finest examples of 19th century Italian marble figural sculpture of the mid 19th century.

Rinaldi’s sculptures appear in various museums including Le Louvre in Paris and the Hermitage int. Petersburg Russia.

Amongst private collections the magnificent, imposing figure of the pagan goddess Minerva, adorns the foyer of the 17th century ‘Grand Hotel de la Minerve’ in Rome.

This legendary sculpture was commissioned for the hotel during the 1850s.

 

MELPOMENE.

Statue. Life size.

The muse of tragedy ; the head has the look of a portrait, and the whole treatment is conventional, and without expression in the head, or dignity in the figure.

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"SPERANZA"

 HOPE.

Statue.

Leaning on her anchor, in the common-place emblematical style.

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