AN ITALIAN ROYAL GILT-COPPER, SILVER AND LAPIS LAZULI-MOUNTED HOLY WATER STOUP

CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI GIARDINI (1646-1722), LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN ROYAL GILT-COPPER, SILVER AND LAPIS LAZULI-MOUNTED HOLY WATER STOUP
CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI GIARDINI (1646-1722), LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The reverse punched with elaborate and symmetrical foliage decoration and inscribed in red ink '781.' and 'C.2948.'; very minor losses and minor damages
17¼ in. (44 cm.) high

來源

The collections of the Italian Royal Family.
Umberto II of Italy by whom given to Lord Forte.

出版

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Montagu, Gold, Silver and Bronze - Metal Sculpture of the Roman Baroque, New Haven and London, 1996.

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The power of the Roman Baroque style was such that it would eventually be disseminated around Italy and beyond. However, with its lavish use of materials, the harmonious blending of decorative elements and the physiognomy of the putti, this stoup probably was produced in Rome itself. Another stoup, also inlaid with lapis lazuli and centred by a silver relief of the Virgin and Child, has been attributed to Giovanni Giardini, and provides a close stylistic comparable, J. Montagu, Gold, Silver and Bronze - Metal Sculpture of the Roman Baroque, New Haven and London, 1996, pl v.