MADONNA AND CHILD - Maestro Gioacchino Meluzzi - Neo-Renaissance art (dated and signed work)

A purchase proposal is possible. www.palazzodelbuonsignore.com Tel.: 3275865883 - 3312560700 Gioacchino Meluzzi (Imola, 1884 – Imola, 1953) Painter, sculptor, carver, cabinetmaker. For many years he had his workshop at the Santa Caterina Institute, where he composed most of his works. He was a talented furniture maker, sought after by the upper middle class and nobility who demanded artistic furniture. He was one of the greatest exponents of classical cabinet making in Emilia-Romagna with frequent and well-calibrated references to the 15th and 16th century tradition of sculpture, especially in the Tuscan area. Refined bas-relief sculpture in mahogany and walnut depicting the Madonna embracing the sleeping Child sweetly to herself. In the lower left we find the date in which Maestro Meluzzi executed the work: "February 8, 1930" and his signature, "G. Meluzzi" in the lower right. The Madonna and Child was positioned on the large carved sideboard. It is part of the important Neo-Renaissance dining room by the same author which can be proposed as a whole as it was commissioned to the Master in 1930 (date and signature of the author are visible at the base of the bas-relief depicting the Madonna and Child). Italy - Imola - 1930 Height. cm. 45 - Width cm. 70