Triangular Bronze Inkstand with Seated Figure (?Boy David) on a Lion with a Base carried on Tortoises
possibly Italian (Florentine) School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
255 x 250 x 220 mm
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1255216
Summary
Bronze, Inkstand, possibly Italian (Florentine) School, early 18th century. A bronze triangular inkstand with a figure seated on a lion. On tortoise feet. The figure early 18th-century Venetian/Florentine, the base 19th-century Continental.
Makers and roles
possibly Italian (Florentine) School, sculptor Italian (Venetian) School , sculptor Niccolò Roccatagliata (b. Genoa, fl. Venice 1593 – Genoa after 1636), sculptor Italian (Venetian) School and Italian School, sculptor