Sculpture in finely carved and masterfully lacquered Swiss pine wood depicting a "Pitocco" (Beggar); the typical character portraying a beggar, represented in 18th-century Venice, with a hunched posture, dressed in ragged clothes and a pointed hat, he holds a bundle in his hands; barefoot, he stands on a base imitating rocky ground, which in turn rests on a rectangular molded pedestal.
Venice, 18th century.
cm 28 h