Giuseppe BESSI (1857-1922), Ruth

Beige alabaster, partly tinted pink; height: 46 cm; width: 35 cm; 16 cm;
on back signed: Prof. G. Bessi;
On the front, engraved title of sculpture: RUTH
Bust of biblical Ruth - to whom the sculpture's engraved title on the front refers - shown as a young woman, with her head raised in silent prayer, wearing a striped robe fastened at the chest and an eastern headdress with a shawl falling over her shoulders.