THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF NICOLO ROCCATAGLA

These andirons are inspired by the celebrated model executed by Nicolo Roccatagliata in the Museo Nazionale, Florence, illustrated in L. Planschig, Venezianische Bildhauer Der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, Abb.666. A pair of the same model was sold Christie's, London, 11 May 2005, lot 45 (£11,400).