VENETIAN, 17TH CENTURY

These bronze terms, and other related support figures, have traditionally been attributed to the workshop of Niccolò Roccatagliata (see W. R. Valentiner, The Clarence H. Mackay Collection, New York, 1926). Recent scholarship, however, is more cautious to this broad attribution. One such pair of wall sconces in the form of putti was offered anonymously Christie's, London, 1 July 1997, lot 58 and a pair of larger bronze supports, possibly originally for a console table was offered Christie's, New York, 27 May 1999, lot 279. Another similar bronze herm in the form of a putto, attributed to Roccatagliata's workshop, is in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin (see K. Pechstein, Bronzen und Plaketten, Berlin, 1968, no. 110).