Sicilian sculptor of the XVIII century

Sicilian sculptor of the XVIII century

Saint Mary and Cecilia

Alabaster, cm 35 x 14 x 6

The two alabaster statues are accompanied by two architectural bases mistilinee above which there are two female sculptures depicted: Santa Cecilia and Santa Maria. The couple belongs to the sculptural production of eighteenth-century Sicily, which in the field of decorative arts appropriates the language of Rococo, thus aligning with international stylisms. In the island, starting from the 1940s, there was an innovation of decorative modules, now projected towards the acquisition of models from across the Alps, a condition that will be maintained for the whole half of the century and beyond. The works take articulated forms, the matter rises from the base and spiraling wraps itself with soft surface undulations. But as it happens for every import reality, we have to take account of the local tradition and this results in a hybridization of formulas that are grafted on the persistence of the seventeenth century syntax. The crossing between old and new generates an original compositional language, defined as baroque, made of Borrominian memories and new friezes, flutes and volutes. Stylistic renewal, this one, that in Sicily invests all the arts, including the sculpture of every material and dimension; among the most famous sculptors we can mention the members of the Serpotta family, also working in Rome and known for their works in stucco, Ignazio Marabitti  (1719-1797) and Gioacchino Vitagliano (1669-1739). Returning to the subject, the Virgin follows the iconography of the Immaculate, derived from the description made in the Apocalypse of John: the woman who tramples the serpent would allude to the Madonna that wins over evil, or the snake, while the crescent symbolizes its purity, perhaps borrowed from some ancient goddesses, represented with the crescent moon. On the other hand we find Santa Cecilia, a noble Roman converted to Christianity during the III d.C. and considered patron of music; for this reason it is often depicted with musical instruments, the organ in this case, or musical scores. Both appear in motion thanks to the dynamic and swirling draping of the garments that twist around the slender figures and sinuous lines. 

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