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Lot 30: After Niccolo Tribolo (Italian, 1500-1550): A 19th century Italian patinated bronze figural inkwell

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomDecember 02, 2008

Item Overview

Description

modelled as a Pan seated on a wine krater and blowing his pipes, on a triangular base with pounce pot and inkwell, black patination, 33cm high

Artist or Maker

Notes


Related Literature: James Holderbaum, Notes on Tribolo -I & II: The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 99, No. 656 (Nov., 1957), pp. 369-373.
Holderbaum discusses Tribolo's Pan, which is now in the Museo Nazionale, Florence; as an example of the artists ability to transform Michelangelos refined contraposto into a more playful and sinuous style.

Auction Details

Carpets & Rugs

by
Bonhams
December 02, 2008, 12:00 PM GMT

Montpelier Street Knightsbridge, London, LDN, SW7 1HH, UK