Cav. Emanuele Caroni
( 1826 - after 1895 )
L’Amour Vainqueur de la Force (The Triumph of Love over Strength)
1867
Marble
107 x 94 x 66 cm (42 ¹/₈ x 37 x 26 inches)
Signed: ‘E. CARONI F. 1867’
Exhibited Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1 April - 3 November 1867 International Exhibition, London, 1 May – 30 September 1871
Private collection, Turkey
Firmstone family, West Midlands, possibly acquired at the London International Exhibition, 1871
Firmstone family, Wordsley Manor, West Midlands, 1924 and by descent
Firmstone family, Wordsley Manor, West Midlands, 1924 and by descent
L’Exposition Universelle de 1867 illustrée, vol. I, Paris, 1868, p. 228 “Amour vainqueur de la Force”
The Art Journal, ‘International Exhibition. Sculpture’, vol. X, no. 33, 1871, p. 268 “Love conquering Strength”
B. Soster, Dei Principi tradizionali delle arti figurative e dei falsi criteri d’oggidì intorno alle arti medesime, Milan, 1873, p. 255 “l’Amore che vince la forza d’un Leone”
A. de Gubernatis, Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti, Florence, 1885, p. 103, “Amore che doma la forza”
A. de Gubernatis, Piccolo Dizionario dei contemporanei italiani, Rome, 1895, p. 196, “Amore che doma la forza”
C. Brun, Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon, vol. I, Frauenfeld, 1905, pp. 273-274 “Der Liebesgott, die rohe Kraft besiegend”
U. Thieme and F. Becker eds, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, vol. VI, Leipzig, 1912, p. 30 “Liebe bändigt die Gewalt”
J.F. McDermott, The Russian Journal and other selections from the works of Lewis Carroll, New York, 1935, p. 119 “Caroni, of Florence, whose works struck me as exceptionally beautiful: they are called ‘L’Amour vainquer de la Force’ (…)”
The Art Journal, ‘International Exhibition. Sculpture’, vol. X, no. 33, 1871, p. 268 “Love conquering Strength”
B. Soster, Dei Principi tradizionali delle arti figurative e dei falsi criteri d’oggidì intorno alle arti medesime, Milan, 1873, p. 255 “l’Amore che vince la forza d’un Leone”
A. de Gubernatis, Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti, Florence, 1885, p. 103, “Amore che doma la forza”
A. de Gubernatis, Piccolo Dizionario dei contemporanei italiani, Rome, 1895, p. 196, “Amore che doma la forza”
C. Brun, Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon, vol. I, Frauenfeld, 1905, pp. 273-274 “Der Liebesgott, die rohe Kraft besiegend”
U. Thieme and F. Becker eds, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, vol. VI, Leipzig, 1912, p. 30 “Liebe bändigt die Gewalt”
J.F. McDermott, The Russian Journal and other selections from the works of Lewis Carroll, New York, 1935, p. 119 “Caroni, of Florence, whose works struck me as exceptionally beautiful: they are called ‘L’Amour vainquer de la Force’ (…)”