AFTER PIERINO DA VINCI (DIED 1554)

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A BRONZE FOUNTAIN GROUP OF TWO PUTTI WITH A FISH
AFTER PIERINO DA VINCI (DIED 1554)

On an integrally cast, naturalistic base; the fish's mouth fitted with a spout.
Dark green surface with some brassy areas.
25 7/8in. (65.8cm.) high

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Pope-Hennessy, Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1964, II, pp. 442-3, no. 471, fig. 466

Lot Essay

The terracotta on which the present group is based is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Pope-Hennessy, loc. cit.). It is usually associated with a passage in Vasari's Life of Tribolo concerning a marble group executed by Pierino for the Medici villa at Castello. Interestingly, this bronze pre-dates the re-positioning of the head of the child on the right, which had been incorrectly restored.

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