WORKSHOP OF NICOLÒ ROCCATAGLIATA (FL 1593-1636), LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE TRIPOD CANDLESTICK
WORKSHOP OF NICOLÒ ROCCATAGLIATA (FL 1593-1636), LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The nozzle decorated in relief with three masks; above a circular base decorated with repeating borders supported by three harpies; inscribed in red underneath with the inventory number '268'; warm dark brown patina; the nozzle possibly associated
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Purchased by Alfred Beit (1853-1906) by 1904.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.

Literature

W. Bode, The Art Collection of Mr. Alfred Beit at His Residence 26 Park Lane London, Berlin, 1904, as 'Venetian, second half 16th century'.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 115, no. 268, as 'Unknown Venetian artist'.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Pope-Hennessy, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection - Renaissance Bronzes, London, 1965, p. 132, no. 486, figs. 571-572.

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Lot Essay

Other examples of the present candlestick exist in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and the Louvre. The pair included in John Pope-Hennessy's catalogue of the Kress Collection (loc. cit.) - now in the National Gallery, Washington, is attributed by him to the workshop of Nicolò Roccatagliata.

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