WALL PENDULUM CLOCK WITH SCULPTURE - Master Gioacchino Meluzzi

A purchase proposal is possible. www.palazzodelbuonsignore.com Tel.:   3275865883    -   3312560700 Gioacchino  Meluzzi  (Imola, 1884 – Imola, 1953) Painter, sculptor, carver, cabinet maker. For many years he had his workshop at the Santa Caterina Institute, where he composed most of his works. He was a skilled furniture maker, sought after by the upper middle class and nobility who demanded artistic furniture. He was one of the greatest representatives of classical cabinet making in Emilia-Romagna with frequent and well-calibrated references to the Quattro-Cinquecento tradition of sculpture, especially in the Tuscan area. Important solid mahogany wall pendulum clock with a propitious angel sculpted on the front with his face turned towards the dial. Two doors with locks. German 4/4 mechanism, marked Kienzle. It rings with the tones of Big Ben. At the top is the Latin inscription "Ruit Hora", time flies. It is part of the important Neo-Renaissance dining room by the same author that can be offered as a whole as it was commissioned to the Master in 1930 (date and author's signature are visible at the base of the bas-relief depicting the Madonna and Child). Italy -  Imola - 1930   Measurements: Height 125.0 cm. -  Width 40.0 cm. -  Depth 21.0 cm.