Mollica

Mollica

Neapolitan folkloristic figure

Beautiful depiction of a Neapolitan popular costume, probably a basket seller; polychrome terracotta sculpture, signed Mollica, attributable to Giovanni Mollica or another sculptor from the well-known family of Neapolitan artists of the 19th century; measures approximately 50 cm (height), a specimen worthy of cleaning or restoration; datable to the second half of the 19th century.

(Private collection)