Andiron
style of Francesco Fanelli (b.1577)
Category
Metalwork
Date
circa 1600 - circa 1650
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
760 x 406 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 2900186.1
Summary
One of a pair of bronze andirons, the shaped bases with putti playing around a central plaque and with classical female figures above, in the style of the Fanelli workshop, first half of the seventeenth century.
Provenance
Shown in the hearth in the North Drawing Room at Ham House in a 1920 Country Life photograph; purchased by the National Trust from Robin Martin Antiques, London, 2016.
Makers and roles
style of Francesco Fanelli (b.1577), sculptor