Mother and child. Bronze. Cm 31,00 x 55,00. Signature at the back. Foundry mark Fonderia Artistica G. Curti Milano.Born in Milan in 1894, Silvio Monfrini worked mainly in the Lombard capital and in the neighboring cities, including Monza. A pupil of Ernesto Bazzaro, his main works include the monument to Francesco Baracca (1931), located in the homonymous square in Milan and a sculpture in the Non-Catholic sector of the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan, as well as in that of Monza, where is another version of this bronze.Comparative literature: A. Panzetta, "Nuovo dizionario degli scultori italiani", Turin 2003, vol. 2, p. 585.