A PAIR OF BRONZE ANDIRON FIGURES REPRESENTING WAR AND PEACE

AFTER TIZIANO ASPETTI, 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF BRONZE ANDIRON FIGURES REPRESENTING WAR AND PEACE
AFTER TIZIANO ASPETTI, 17TH CENTURY
Each on an integrally cast circular plinth and a modern square marble pedestal.
Greenish brown patina; the warrior formerly holding a lance(?), now lacking; other minor losses.
21 and 21 in. (54.5 and 53.3 cm.) high (2)

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, fig. 620.
G. Mariacher, Bronzetti Veneti del Rinascimento, Vicenza, 1971, fig. 142.

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These models have traditionally been attributed to the Venetian sculptor Tiziano Aspetti (for illustrated examples see Planiscig and Mariacher, locs. cit.), although these particular casts are probably from a northern foundry.