Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
A Putto Playing a Flute
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January 30, 08:18 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
After Niccolò Roccatagliata (Genoa 1593-1636)
Italian, Venice, late 17th century
A Putto Playing a Flute
bronze, on a hexagonal marble socle
height 10 1/2 in.; 26.7cm.
Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York, 5 May 1988
Roccatagliata and his workshop produced many models of putti playing musical instruments in varying attitudes which continued to be cast after his death.
RELATED LITERATURE
M. Leithe-Jasper, Renaissance Master Bronzes from the Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Vienna, 1986, pp. 185-187, nos. 47 and 48
RELATED LITERATURE
M. Leithe-Jasper, Renaissance Master Bronzes from the Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Vienna, 1986, pp. 185-187, nos. 47 and 48