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A pair of Italian bronze andiron finials in the form of tritons blowing horns, from the workshop of Nicolò Roccatagliata (circa 1560-circa 1636), first quarter 17th century, Venice
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- bronze
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, March 2, 1974, lot 70 (one illustrated on cover)
Exhibited
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, 3 March-11 September 1988, cat. no. 19
Literature
L. Camins, Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, San Francisco, 1988, no. 19, pp. 62-63
M. H. Schwartz (ed.), European Sculpture from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, New York, 2008, no. 46, p. 101
M. H. Schwartz (ed.), European Sculpture from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, New York, 2008, no. 46, p. 101
Catalogue Note
Decorative caprices incorporating marine creatures, shells, and mythical mermen were a frequent motif in Venetian metalwork of the 16th and 17th centuries, and the present pair of tritons, with their bifurcated lower bodies and spiraling shell-horns, were conceived as finials for andirons in the workshop of Nicolò Roccatagliata. Examples of the model include a pair in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (460&A-1873) and a single finial in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (M.4-1938). See Camins, op. cit., for further listing.