A CIRCULAR BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF ORPHEUS DESCENDING INTO HADES

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A CIRCULAR BRONZE PLAQUETTE OF ORPHEUS DESCENDING INTO HADES
IN THE MANNER OF MODERNO, BY THE 'MASTER OF THE ORPHEUS AND ARION ROUNDELS'

Blackish brown patina; drill hole at top filled
4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Pope-Hennessy, Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, London, 1965, no. 171, p. 52, fig. 195
D. Lewis, 'The Plaquettes of "Moderno" and his followers', in Italian Plaquettes (ed. A. Luchs), Studies in the History of Art, vol. 22, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1989, p. 140, cat. no. IV, A, 2