Children playing with fruit, Francesco Ladatte, ca. 1745–50

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Children playing with fruit, ca. 1745–50, Italian, Turin, Lead, Overall: 36 1/2 × 39 × 37 1/2 in. ( × × cm), Sculpture, Francesco Ladatte (Italian, Turin 1706–1787 Turin), This work and Children Playing with Birds were two of four groups representing the Elements or the Seasons. They were commissioned by King Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy and were arranged around a fountain in the gardens of the royal palace in Turin, from which they were removed in the nineteenth century

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