THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
TWO PADUAN BRONZE FIGURES OF NEPTUNE AND A HERMAPHRODITIC SATYR, both standing, Neptune brandishing his trident, and the satyr with arms outstretched (both on later socles; Neptune's trident missing), 16th Century; and A BRONZE FIGURE OF CUPID, after Barthélémy Prieur, turning to shoot his bow (on later base), 17th Century
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TWO PADUAN BRONZE FIGURES OF NEPTUNE AND A HERMAPHRODITIC SATYR, both standing, Neptune brandishing his trident, and the satyr with arms outstretched (both on later socles; Neptune's trident missing), 16th Century; and A BRONZE FIGURE OF CUPID, after Barthélémy Prieur, turning to shoot his bow (on later base), 17th Century
6½, 7 and 4¼in. (16.5, 17.8 and 10.8cm.) high respectively (3)
6½, 7 and 4¼in. (16.5, 17.8 and 10.8cm.) high respectively (3)
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
P. de Winter, Recent Acquisitions of Renaissance Italian Decorative Arts, in The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1986, Cleveland, pp. 94-97, figs. 42, 45-47
P. de Winter, Recent Acquisitions of Renaissance Italian Decorative Arts, in The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1986, Cleveland, pp. 94-97, figs. 42, 45-47