Auction 432 | OLD MASTERS & XIX CENTURY ART Traditional
Lot 175
Gaspare Di Girolamo Macrì, Brescia, Prima Metà Del XVI Secolo
Manner of. A pair of cast, chiselled and patinated bronze candlesticks, decorated with grotesque, animal and phytomorphic motifs, baluster body on a circular base, with noble coats of arms
The coats of arms on the bases, probably of the Canal family in Venice, were added later, covering two grotesque faces of satyrs.
Comparative literature: L. Planiscig, "Piccoli Bronzi italiani del Rinascimento", Milan 1930, pl. XCIV, n°162; L. Planiscig, “Gasparo fonditore veneziano”, Bollettino d’arte XXVI 1932-33, pp. 345-351; A. Radcliffe, M. Baker, M. Maek-Gérard, "Scultura europea dal Rinascimento all'Ottocento", Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, p.176 fig.2.
Measures: 21.0 x 15.0 cm
Starting price: € 2.000,00
Estimate: € 4.000,00 - 6.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 13 December starting from 17:00.
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