GERMANO, NINO D'ANTONIO 18 KT CHAIN NECKLACE WITH HERCULES MEDALLION
A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE DESIGNED BY NINO D'ANTONIO GERMANO (1926-). AN IMPRESSIVE VINTAGE SCULPTURAL PIECE OF ART CREATED IN ROME ITALY AROUND THE 1960. IS TOTALLY HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS OF HIGHLY TEXTURED YELLOW GOLD. THE CHAIN IS SUITED WITH AN INVISIBLE HOOK LOCK.
THE CONCEPTION OF THIS PIECES ARE VERY SYMBOLICAL, BOTH PIECES HAS BEEN CREATED TO BE TOGETHER AS ONE. THE CHAIN IS COMPOSED BY MULTIPLES HERCULES KNOT LINKS AND THE OVAL MEDALLION HAVE A HIGH RELIEF SCULPTURAL FIGURE OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL GREEK WARRIOR HERCULES. HE'S HOLDING A BLADE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HIGH IN ATTACK CHARGING POSITION AND HAVE A SHIELD IN THE LEFT ARM.
NINO D'ANTONIO GERMANO IS AN ITALIAN SCULPTOR AND JEWELER. WAS BORN INTO THE ALFONSI JEWELRY FAMILY IN THE 1926. HE LIVED ABOVE THE FAMILY WORKSHOP IN THE VIA DEI GIUBBONARI IN ROME, AS A CHILD HE LEARN THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF MAKING JEWELRY.
HIS WORK INCLUDED THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF LOST WAX CASTING, WHICH INVOLVE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL WAX SCULPTURE. THE PLASTER CAST FROM EACH PIECE CAN BE USED ONLY ONE TIME, RESULTING THAT EACH PIECE OF JEWELRY ARE UNIQUE. GERMANO FOCUSED ON CLASSICAL THEMES AS HIS INSPIRATION, FROM THE ANCIENTS GREEKS, THE ROMANS AND THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE.
GERMANO WAS ALSO A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED BRONZE SCULPTOR, DRAWER AND A PAINTER. IN ALL THESE DISCIPLINES, HE LOOKED BACK TO THE CLASSICAL THEMES, FOLLOWING THE TRADITION OF THE ARTIST JEWELERS AT THAT PERIOD. FIRST TYPIFIED BY BENVENUTO CELLINI AND DONATELLO IN THE 16TH CENTURY. HIS CRUDE SCULPTURES HAVE A REMINISCENCE OF THE FRENCH SCULPTOR AUGUSTE RODIN. HE PRODUCED WORKS OF EXTREME QUALITY AND INDIVIDUALITY, ELEVATING HIM TO BE CONSIDERED AMONG THE FINEST ARTIST JEWELERS.
THE WEIGHT OF THIS PIECE OF ART IS 87.1 Grams. BOTH PIECES ARE INDIVIDUALLY STAMPED WITH THE DESIGNER LOGO AND THE SIGNATURE "GERMANO".
THE CHAIN HAVE A LENGTH OF 19 INCHES AND THE MEDAL MEASURES ARE 56 mm BY 31 mm.
ALL GERMANO SCULPTURES ARE ONE OF A KIND PIECES, INDIVIDUALLY REALIZED. FOR SIMILAR EXAMPLES SEE THE ILLUSTRATIONS PICTURED IN THE BOOK, NINO D'ANTONIO GERMANO, ARS MAIOR, ROMA 1974, Pp 103-115. MORE SIMILAR PIECES ARE ILLUSTRATED IN THE, S Brecker (translator), NINO D'ANTONIO GERMANO STUDIO, CATALOG BOOK, Pp. 118-119.
INVENTORY REF: N0000TSNN/2.093
