Property from an Important English Private Collection
Niccolo Roccatagliata
Pair of finials in the form of putti astride rearing griffins
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July 4, 11:34 AM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
Property from an Important English Private Collection
Circle of Niccolo Roccatagliata (Genoa 1593 - 1636 Venice)
Italian, Venice, circa 1600
Pair of finials in the form of putti astride rearing griffins
bronze, on modern bronzed bases
bronzes: 15.5cm., 6 1/8 in. each
bases: 7cm., 2¾in.
With Paolo Brisigotti, London, 1978
This charming pair of putti astride griffins are characteristic works of late 16th and early 17th-century Venetian bronze workshops. The present models compare closely to a putto riding a lion attributed to Niccolo Roccatagliata (1593–1636) in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, illustrated by Planiscig (op. cit., fig. 674). Roccatagliata and his workshop produced several versions of seated and finial-type putti. The similar treatment of the putti’s faces with prominent foreheads, soft curling hair, and the overall composition of the figures associate the present pair to Roccatagliata's workshop or circle.
RELATED LITERATURE
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, p. 607 and 615, fig. 674
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