A PAIR OF ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE ANDIRONS
A PAIR OF ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE ANDIRONS

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE ANDIRONS
19TH CENTURY
Of Renaissance style, each with a handled urn with cherub's heads, surmounted by a figure of Jupiter with eagle and Juno with peacock, the base with a central cherub's head flanked by upturned dolphins and two youths, lacking one upturned dolphin
32 in. (81 cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

These andirons are cast after models long attributed to Alessandro Vittoria (1528 - 1608), one of the leading bronze sculptors in late 16th century Venice.