Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Master Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Property of a Private Collector
writing casket
Lot Closed
January 30, 07:25 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Italian, Rome or Mantua, probably late 15th/early 16th century
writing casket
bronze
2 3/4 by 8 1/4 by 4 3/8 in.; 7 by 21 by 18cm.
The Robert von Hirsch Collection
His sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 22 June 1978, lot 33
His sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 22 June 1978, lot 33
J. Warren, The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Italian Sculpture, The Trustees of the Wallace Collection, London, 2016, cat. no. 24, p. 127
Numerous casts of the present Renaissance casket exist and, according to Warren (op. cit.), they were likely created in Rome or Mantua during the last quarter of the 15th century. Warren discusses the origin of the model and its variants in private collections and institutions in his extensive entry on the cast for the Wallace Collection, London.