Lot 32
  • 32

Italie, Venise, vers 1600, entourage de Girolamo Campagna (1549-1617) Paire d'Anges portant les Instruments de la Passion

Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paire d'Anges portant les Instruments de la Passion
  • en bronze à patine brun foncé
  • Haut. 24,5 et 23,5 cm; height 9 3/4 and 9 1/4 in.

Literature

V. Krahn, Bronzetti Veneziani, Die Venezianischen Kleinbronzen aus dem Bode-Museum, Berlin 2003, pp. 144-149, n° 36.

Condition

Very good condition overall with a few minor casting flaws and a few minor knocks at several places.The Angel holding a column has remains of old fixations in his back and head where wings and halo may have been attached. The second angel shows two fixing hole in his back and remains of a fixation to the back of his head which may have held a halo. His right upheld hand contained probably another Arma Christi. Thumb and index slightly damaged. Very crisp and heavy casts.
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Catalogue Note

Vêtus de longues tuniques à l'antique agrafées sur l'épaule, les corps en léger déhanchement avec une jambe en avant, chaque figure tient à la main un instrument de la Passion du Christ : la colonne de la Flagellation pour l'un, et la bourse d'argent de Judas pour l'autre. Son bras levé indiquerait qu'il tenait peut être également une Croix. La qualité de la fonte, notamment le traitement de la chevelure bouclée ainsi que des paupières très prononcées, indique une origine vénitienne pour ces statuettes, dans l'entourage de Girolama Campagna (1549-1617) ou Niccolo Roccatagliata (1560-1636).