Attributed to the Workshop of Severo Calzetta da Ravenna (active 1496-1543) Italian, Padua, first half 16th century

Overall the condition of the bronze is good with some minor wear and dirt to the surface consistent with age. There are a few minor nicks and scratches to the surface. There are separate lids to the inkwell and oil lamp. The oil lamp (globe) is detachable and currently joined with a wood peg. An element is lost from the wick. The figure and the ink well were remounted on the base with solder. There are remnants of solder to the underside of the globe and the hands of Atlas. A hole in the centre of the base was filled with wax. The proper right ankle and the proper left foot have repaired breaks. There is a semi-circular scratch to the base at the proper left foot.
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Casts of this powerful model can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 1971.171); the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (Winter, op. cit., p. 102, fig. 61); and the Museo Nazionale Palazzo Venezia, Rome (inv. no. PV 09244). The globe with astrological symbols and the triangular base with all'antica motifs reoccur throughout the oeuvre of Severo and his prolific workshop; see, for example the bronze inkwell sold in these rooms on 5 December 2012, lot 39.

RELATED LITERATURE
P. M. de Winter, 'Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts,' Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, LXXIII, no. 3, March 1986, pp. 102-103,fig. 61