Venetian, second half 16th century

a sash over his shoulder, standing on a modern veined green marble base

From the collection of Eduard Arnhold, Berlin, purchased circa 1900; thence by descent

W.Bode, Die Italienischen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance, Berlin, 3 vols., 1907-1912, vol.2, no.24, plate CCLXV
L.Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, p.615
O.Raggio, Tiziano Aspetti's reliefs with scenes of the Martyrdom of St. Daniel of Padua, Metropolitan Museum Journal, New York, 1982, p.145
Von Allen Seiten Schön. Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, ex.cat., Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1995, no.90 (mentioned in note)
V.Krahn, Bronzetti Veneziani. Die Venezianischen Kleinbronzen der Renaissance aus dem Bode-Museum, Berlin, pp.226-27, note 4

Overall condition good with fine detail to modelling. There is much surface dirt and the bronze would benefit from a light clean. Old restoration at ankle of left foot. As is mentioned in the catalogue entry the wings are missing and round attachment holes (one plugged with wax) visible on his back. At the bottom of his sash an old fixing terminal is visible and there is an old screw with nut in centre of shell, the bottom can be seen in the photograph.
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Mentioned in no fewer than five publications, this delicately cast bronze can be closely compared with another cast in the Bode Museum which retains its original wings but dispenses with the sash in the present example. The Berlin cast, inv.no.8723, was previously attributed by Bode and Planiscig to Roccatagliata, and Raggio proposed Tiziano Aspetti as the bronze caster. Present opinion places it in a North Italian, probably Venetian workshop of the second half of the 16th century. The model functions as a holy water stoup.