Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II

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Property from the Estate of Alexis Gregory, sold to Benefit the Alexis Gregory Foundation

Workshop of Severo da Ravenna (Ravenna circa 1496 - circa 1543) North Italian, Padua, early 16th century

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.

H. W. de Zoete;
His sale Christies, London, 5 December 1972, lot 25;
Sotheby's New York, 14 June 1996, lot 122

William D. Wixom, Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections, Cleveland, 1975, no. 94

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