ATTRIBUTED TO GIROLAMO CAMPANA (D. CIRCA 1625), LATE 16TH CENTURY

Details

A BRONZE SALT CELLAR IN THE FORM OF A KNEELING MAN SUPPORTING A SEASHELL
ATTRIBUTED TO GIROLAMO CAMPANA (D. CIRCA 1625), LATE 16TH CENTURY
with metal tag stamped with the inventory number '913'; on an integrally cast oval plinth
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Provenance

H.M. Leopold III of Belgium, inv. 913,
Collection Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,
Alain Moatti, 1975,
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, p. 543 and 545, fig. 594.
W. Bode, Die Italienischen Bildwerke der Renaissance und des Barock: Zweiter Band, Bonzestatuetten, Berlin, 1930, p. 52, no. 253, pl. 75.
J. Montagu, Bronzes: Pleasures and Treasures, London, 1963, no. 50, pp. 48-49.
H. R. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten, exh. cat., Braunschweig, 1967, pp. 157-8, no. 189.
W. Bode, The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance, rev. ed. by J. Draper, New York, 1980, p. 58, pl. CLXII.

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Lot Essay

Other examples of this bronze can be found in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1899.CDEF.B1108 and WA1888.CDEF.B1109), the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. A.104-1910) and The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (inv. no. M.5-1938).

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