Firedog topped with the Figures of Venus and Cupid
after Tiziano Aspetti (Padua c.1559 - Pisa 1606)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
1009 x 533 x 305 mm; 990 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1255223
Summary
Pair of Venetian bronze andirons (firedogs) in the style of Tiziano Aspetti, surmounted by a figure of Mars on one of them, the sword is missing, and Venus with a little Cupid on the other, both with harpies, putti and volutes below.
Makers and roles
after Tiziano Aspetti (Padua c.1559 - Pisa 1606), sculptor Niccolò Roccatagliata (b. Genoa, fl. Venice 1593 – Genoa after 1636), sculptor