An antique alabaster and gilt-bronze female bustSantuzz c.1900.Her hair is wrapped in a scarf, and she is set on a plinth base, the reverse inscribed Prof re. E. Romani Firenze (Italia). Santuzza is the main character in the Opera Cavalleria Rusticana, written by Pietro Mascagni, which first premiered in 1890.
H410mm X W400mm x D225mm