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The Italian poet Gabriele D‘Annunzio
is said to have given the name “Ombra della sera”
“Evening shadow”, to the famous votive statuette from the
ancient Velathri, Volterra nowadays. The figure reminded him of the
long shadows of the beams of the sunset. |
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It exists a considerable number of similarly
elongated votive figures in the Volterranean region. But specially to
our figure, the Etruscan artist sculptor succeeded in giving a nearly
supernatural charisma by its facial expression appearing very natural
and by the care and dedicacy of the features performance. |
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Already in the antiquity, the Volterranean bronze
casters were very famous for their astonishing manual skills and
technological abilities in melting and realizing bronze alloys by using
copper and tin minerals from their immediate vicinity, the
“colline metallifere”. So affluent Romans and people aware
of culture, even before Christ, used to adorn their homes with small
bronze sculptures from Volterra. |
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The contemporary observer of the very
modernly appearing statutte with her extrem slenderness will be
reminded of the sense of art of Giaccomettis works and will be
astonished first of all, that the exquisite artefact standing before
himself has been created about 2300 years ago. So not at least due to
it‘s modernly appearing elegance the famous statutte „Ombra
Della“ Sera in our days has developed to an emblem of the Tuscan
town Volterra. |
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The copy of the “Evening shadow”, standing in
front of you is an authorized cast of the original. It has been,
exactly like the original, founded by using the process of
“investment casting” out of a lost wax pattern, patinated
and finished through a careful procedure, done by hand, giving it its
noble ancient appearance. The matrix for the copy has been realized
with the kind authorization of the Scientific Department of the Museo
Etrusco Guarnacci in October 1999 in Volterra/Toscana. The assurance is
given that the unique event of realizing the replica has been performed
with a limited number of 300 copies, each of the bronzes being visibly
numbered. In addition to this limited number of genuine replica, no
further copies of the original statuette are existing on the market.
Those facts as well as the strict maintenance of the limitation on the
number of copies will be attested by a notarially certified assurance
together with the forwarding of each statuette. |
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The genesis of the original statuette
“Evening shadow”, because of its discernible influence of
the ancient Grecian portrait art, is reckoned today by the
archeologists to be dated 3rd century BC.
The golden coloured stone-socle, individually made by hand, consists of
a carefully chosen, archaically appearing granite-gneiss from the
Mediterranean Sea coast, in the ancient days settled with Greeks,
nowadays the Provence. |
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By using a special
method of mould-generation the various occurrences of contraction ,
which inevitable happen at pouring the wax pattern, the ceramic mould
and finally the bronze, could be widely compensated, so that the
statuettes‘ heights only minimally differ from the
originals‘ height of 573mm. Including the stone-socle the height
of the statuette is circa 625mm. |
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Together with a prestigious glass cabinet of acrylic
glass combined with a noble granite, which is furnished - free of
dazzling - with 3 halogen sources of light at low voltage, total 80
watts, (transformer 235/12V AC integrated) and which only partially
surrounds the artefact, the ensemble also may be considered as a very
stylish element of lighting appliance or as a superb eye-catcher.
Of course selling of both the objects together is offered too. In this
occasion it could become unavoidable to accept delivery times.
Your inquiry or ordering you may kindly direct to
info@ombradellasera.com
The stauettes will be freihtened
world-wide at a fixed price without additional charges.
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At present the statuette is on display and offered for sale in Germany
at the following addresses: |
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| Berlin |
Walentowski-Galerie |
Hotel
Adlon |
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| Dresden |
Walentowski-Galerie |
Hotel
Taschenbergpalais |
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| Baden-Baden |
Walentowski-Galerie |
Am
Sonnenplatz |
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| Binz /
Rügen |
Walentowski-Galerie |
Hotel
Elisenhof |
> |
| Ahlbeck
/ Usedom |
Walentowski-Galerie |
Hotel
Ahlbecker Hof |
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| Rottach
Egern |
Walentowski-Galerie |
Galerie
am Tegernsee |
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| Werl |
Walentowski-Galerie |
Galerie
am Hellweg |
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Additional points of displaying are in preparation.
In the event of your interesse in displaying the Ombra della Sera in
your museum / gallery / shop / business-area too, please do not
hesitate to contact us by e-mail.
Make sure timely a specimen of this wonderful, modernly appearing,
world-famous emblem of Etruscan Art and of the metropolis of Volterra.
At present the statuettes come to forwarding out of a small number of
available specimen. Afterwards the statuettes will be founded, finished
and forwarded in sequence of the incoming orders with appropriate
delivery periods. A repetition of the process of replication in the
museum is absolutely impossible. Therefore the replica has to be
considered as a particular rarity.
At special demand we are able to found the
statuette also in silver, gold of their common alloys instead of the
usual bronze. Then in comparison to bronze the net wight of the
statuettes without socle will arise:
bronze approx. 1230 g
silver approx. 1576 g
gold 375 = 9-carat approx. 1905 g
gold 585 = 14-carat approx. 2155 g
gold 750= 18-carat approx. 2405 g
gold 999 = 24-carat approx. 2914 g
About prices and delivery modalities we will willingly inform you on
your kind request.
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