Lot 198
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A RECTANGULAR PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD RELIEF OF VULCAN'S FORGE
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A RECTANGULAR PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD RELIEF OF VULCAN'S FORGE

ITALIAN, PROBABLY ROMAN, LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

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A RECTANGULAR PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD RELIEF OF VULCAN'S FORGE
ITALIAN, PROBABLY ROMAN, LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
With three figures working in a rocky landscape, the furnace in the background; carved from three panels and in an integrally-carved shaped and gilded frame; cracks and minor chips.
42 x 31 in. (106.7 x 78.8 cm.), overall
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Lot Essay

The scene represented here appears to be Roman. It is related to reliefs of similar subjects such as Alessandro Algardi's Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, dated by Jennifer Montagu to the years 1635-40 (see J. Montagu, Alessandro Algardi, New Haven and London, 1985, I, pp. 197-198, fig. 232).

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