Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Pope-Hennessy, Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, London, 1965, no. 101, p. 34, fig. 132.
C. Fulton, The Master IO.F.F. and the Function of Plaquettes, Italian Plaquettes, A. Luchs, ed., Studies in the History of Art, Vol. 22, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1989, p. 145, fig. 4, cat. no. I,6.
This is one of a group of three cartouche-shaped, signed plaquettes, all showing scenes from Roman history, and known in numerous examples. The unusual shape is designed to fit the pommel of the hilt of a sword.
J. Pope-Hennessy, Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, London, 1965, no. 101, p. 34, fig. 132.
C. Fulton, The Master IO.F.F. and the Function of Plaquettes, Italian Plaquettes, A. Luchs, ed., Studies in the History of Art, Vol. 22, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1989, p. 145, fig. 4, cat. no. I,6.
This is one of a group of three cartouche-shaped, signed plaquettes, all showing scenes from Roman history, and known in numerous examples. The unusual shape is designed to fit the pommel of the hilt of a sword.