ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY STYLE

細節

A GILT-BRONZE SALT-CELLAR
ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY STYLE
In the form of a nude male figure kneeling and supporting a seashell on his shoulders; on an integrally cast oval plinth inscribed in red to the underside with the inventory number '223'
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

來源

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, 'Unknown Florentine artist, end of the 16th century'.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, p. 109, no. 223, as 'Unknown Florentine artist'.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
London, Daniel Katz Gallery, Renaissance Master Bronzes from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford - The Fortnum Collection, 7 Jun. -16 Jul. 1999, by J. Warren, pp. 108-109, no. 37.

注意事項

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拍品專文

This composition is known in numerous examples, both 16th century and later, as with the present bronze. It has often been associated with Girolamo Campagna (d. 1526?), but in his entry on the Ashmolean example, Warren (loc. cit.) follows Penny by saying that it must have come more generally from an artist under the influence of Sansovino.