Property from the Estate of
MRS> GERMAIN SELIGMAN
A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES OF PUTTI
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A PAIR OF BRONZE FIGURES OF PUTTI
VENETIAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, AFTER NICOLO ROCCATAGLIATA
One trumpeting and the other playing a violin, each standing putto naked except for a swag across the chest and loins (joints and repairs at the ankles)-6in. (15.5cm.) high, mounted on antico giallo bases, one brown patina with thick black lacquer, the other greenish brown with thick black lacquer (2)
VENETIAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, AFTER NICOLO ROCCATAGLIATA
One trumpeting and the other playing a violin, each standing putto naked except for a swag across the chest and loins (joints and repairs at the ankles)-6in. (15.5cm.) high, mounted on antico giallo bases, one brown patina with thick black lacquer, the other greenish brown with thick black lacquer (2)
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
G. Mariacher, Bronzetti Veneti del Rinascimento, Vicenza, 1971, plates 179, 180
Similar putto musicians are in the Museo Correr, Venice and the Museo Civico, Padua.
G. Mariacher, Bronzetti Veneti del Rinascimento, Vicenza, 1971, plates 179, 180
Similar putto musicians are in the Museo Correr, Venice and the Museo Civico, Padua.