VENETIAN, 1500-1550

细节

A BRONZE TABLE BELL
VENETIAN, 1500-1550
The body decorated in shallow relief with repeating borders and two coats of arms flanked by pairs of herons above cornucopiae; with turned handle; the underside of the bell inscribed in red with the inventory number '278'; dark brown patina; the handle probably later
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

来源

Purchased by Alfred Beit (1853-1906) by 1904.
Thence by descent to Lady (Clementine) Beit (1915-2005) by whom donated to the Alfred Beit Foundation in 2005.

出版

W. Bode, The Art Collection of Mr. Alfred Beit at His Residence 26 Park Lane London, Berlin, 1904, as 'Venetian, second half 16th century'.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 116, no. 278, as 'Unknown Venetian artist'.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Pope-Hennessy, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection - Renaissance Bronzes, London, 1965, pp. 147-148, no. 540, fig. 536.
P. Motture, Bells & Mortars and related utensils, London, 2001, pp. 138-139, no. 37.

注意事项

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拍品专文

Two closely related bells are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington (for a discussion of each see, Motture and Pope-Hennessy, locs. cit.). The overall form and handle of the present bell is virtually identical to the London example, although the relief decoration is less fine. The Washington example is probably closer in execution, but still not certain to have come from the same hand. Each of those bells have been loosely described, as here, as 'Venetian, circa 1500 1550'.