A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRONZE ANDIRONS
Lot 15

A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRONZE ANDIRONS

AFTER A MODEL BY NICOLÒ ROCCATAGLIATA (BEFORE 1593 - AFTER 1636), VENICE

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRONZE ANDIRONS
After a model by Nicolò Roccatagliata (before 1593 - after 1636), Venice
Each with a fully-modelled putto on an incurved tripartite base with egg-and-dart molded lower edge, above scrolled supports cast with winged satyrs centering female masks, on a pierced incurved scrolled base centered by a cartouche decorated with a lamb and a flag, flanked by putti holding swags depending from a lion's mask, one putto's arm replaced
42¼in. (107.5cm.) high

Miss Reno Brown, Hollywood, California.

Miss Reno Brown was the "Whistle Stop Queen", a Hollywood B-motion picture star.

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A virtually identical bronze andiron by Nicolò Roccatagliata in the Museo Nazionale, Florence is illustrated in L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, p. 603, fig. 666.