BY GIUSEPPE BERTOSI, 1722

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A CIRCULAR BRONZE PLAQUETTE DEPICTING AN ALTAR
BY GIUSEPPE BERTOSI, 1722
The recto depicting an altar with six candlesticks flanking a crucifix and two saints, inscribed to the front 'IN HONOREM.S.CRESCENTINI.MARTYRIS.'; the verso insribed 'IOSEPH BERTOSIAERIS FV...R.ET.SCVLPTOR REV FABRICAE SACTIPETRI ANNO 1722 +'.
Chocolate brown patina with warm brown high points; traces of gilding.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

In the past, scholars have used documentary references to a sculptor named Bertos or Bertosi active in Rome as evidence that the Venetian sculptor Francesco Bertos worked in both centres. The present plaquette is therefore an important document as the inscription on the reverse clearly establishes the identity of an independent artist named Giuseppe Bertosi.

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