VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AN AMORINO

Details
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AN AMORINO
ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY, WORKSHOP OF ROCCATAGLIATA

The standing figure holding an armful of fruit and a bird in the other hand, with a quiver of arrows at his side
4¼in. (11cm.) high, above a yellow and grey marble socle

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Planiscig, Die Bronzeplastiken, Vienna, 1924, no. 208
Bronzi e placchette dei Musei civici di Padova, Padua, 1989, nos. 94-96

Other examples of this statuette are in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, and in the Museo Civico in Padua.