Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation
covered Inkwell
Lot Closed
January 30, 07:12 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Workshop of Severo da Ravenna (Ravenna circa 1496 - circa 1543)
North Italian, Padua, early 16th century
covered Inkwell
bronze
height 5 1/8 in.; 13.1cm.
A bronze oil lamp of triangular shape surmounted by a bound satyr but with otherwise identical masks, pendant leaves, scrolling brackets and paw feet is in the Frick Collection, New York. Both Pope-Hennessy and Avery identified the Frick bronze as from the workshop of Severo da Ravenna.
RELATED LITERATURE
Sculpture in The Frick Collection: Italian, vol. III, New York, The Frick Collection, 1970