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Salvatore Faro U Lumaru
(Catania, 1921 - Catania, 1970)

Ruggiero dell'Aquila, Early the 20th century

Copper, brass, fabric, polychrome painting, and carved wood frame
H 70 cm
Ruggero dell'Aquila White, valiant Paladin of France. King of Bulgaria, Marfisa's twin brother, Husband of Bradamante (for the love of which by Muslim becomes a Christian) and brother-in-law of Rinaldo. It was murdered as he slept in his bed, from Mainza's Gano Sicari. Indifferently depicted with a shield on which an eagle is engraved, or a stylized flame and with a large white crummer on the helmet. In hand the magical sword "Balisarda".
 
Cantilever armor and fusion fit. It was part of the collection of Sicilian Pupi from "Mini-Combat". Preserved in the collections of the Baroni D'Amico Gironde di Monopoli, San Vito and Cardinal.
 
Artisan work of one of the largest Sicilian puppers, Salvatore Faro, "U Lumaru" (Catania, 1921-1970). Impresario who managed his own theater in Via Carlo Forlanini in Catania in which, during the shows, he also carried out the role of pupils and manianer of Pupi. He designed and painted the billboards for evening shows and built the relative "Pupi" from "fighting" and "mini-fighting". It is remembered as a famous master of a puppy lineage.
€ 250,00
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