A NORTH ITALIAN SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A PAGE WITH A SHIELD
EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 15 JANUARY 2025 FROM 10:00 GMT
Description
bronze, dark brown/green patina, mounted on a turned wood pedestal
Dimensions
Figure 11.5cm high; 19.7cm high overall
Provenance
Alfred Spero Collection;
Acquired 1966.
Footnote
Literature:
See Leo Planiscig “Piccoli Bronzi” plate 212, and “Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaisance”, plates 246 and 247, p. 235. Similar figures executed in marble are in the Arconati Visconti collection in the Louvre, illustrated in the above, plates 56 and 57, p. 67.