Andiron
manner of Niccolò Roccatagliata (b. Genoa, fl. Venice 1593 – Genoa after 1636)
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cast iron
Measurements
1000 x 510 x 600 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11169.1
Summary
One of a pair of painted cast-iron andirons, 16th century Venetian style. Cast with satires surmounting leaf-cast baluster and urn-shaped stems, flanked by gryphons and foliate brackets and decorated with swags, paterae and masks on pierced foliate bases mounted with putti and caryatids, on scrolled gryphon feet.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
manner of Niccolò Roccatagliata (b. Genoa, fl. Venice 1593 – Genoa after 1636), sculptor