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A BRONZE GROUP OF A FEMALE SATYR AND INFANT SATYR
A BRONZE GROUP OF A FEMALE SATYR AND INFANT SATYR
A BRONZE GROUP OF A FEMALE SATYR AND INFANT SATYR
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A BRONZE GROUP OF A FEMALE SATYR AND INFANT SATYR

WORKSHOP OF SEVERO DA RAVENNA (1465-1543), MID 16TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF A FEMALE SATYR AND INFANT SATYR
WORKSHOP OF SEVERO DA RAVENNA (1465-1543), MID 16TH CENTURY
the female satyr seated and holding a cornucopia, probably later, in her right hand, the infant satyr at her knee holding pan pipes; on a triangular base with relief frieze decoration
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high, the bronze; 8 7⁄8 in. (22.5 cm.) overall
Provenance
Isaac Falcke, London,
von Pannwitz Collection, De Hartekamp,
Alfons Heilbronner, 1965,
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Königliche Museen zu Berlin, Beschreibung der Bildwerke der Christlichen Epochen, Band II, Die Italienischen Bronzen, Berlin, 1904, p. 14, no. 322 and 323.
F. Goldschmidt, Die Italienischen Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, Berlin, 1914, no. 59 pl. 23.
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, p. 149, fig. 162.
W. Bode, Die Italienischen Bildwerke der Renaissance und des Barock: Zweiter Band, Bronzestatuetten, Berlin, 1930, p. 16, nos. 67 and 68, pl. 25.
W. Bode, The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, rev. ed. by J. Draper, New York, 1980, pl. XLIV.
S. Ebert-Schifferer, Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, Liebieghaus, Frankfurt, exh. cat., 1985, pp. 455-456.

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Lot Essay

The 1980s saw a surge in scholarly research into Severo Calzetta, also known as Severo da Ravenna (1465-1543). As part of this study, satyress inkstands and their variants (a category into which the present model falls), were attributed to the Calzetta workshop (Warren, 2016, loc. cit.). Comparable examples attributed to Ravenna and his workshop are held in international collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 1975.1.1393), the Art Institute of Chicago (inv. no. 1962.1044) and the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest (inv. no. 5355).

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