De Martino - Antique bronze sculpture depicting the head of a peasant woman

Antique sculpture in burnished bronze depicting the head of a young peasant woman, signed De Martino.
Historical Notes: De Martino is a classically based artist, known for the production of sculptures of small bronze busts, in particular his favorite subjects are "scugnizzi", fishermen, commoners, with realistic features. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples under the guidance of Stanislao Lista, Gioacchino Toma, and Achille D'Orsi, from the latter he learned the ability to portray the most realistic details using them on very young subjects. Very young he moved to Paris where he created small sculptural groups, frequently exhibiting at the "Salon de Paris" where he won the Louvre Museum prize for the bronze work Le Pêcheur de criquets (The Locust Fisherman, Naples, private collection) .