A PAIR OF BRONZE ANDIRONS WITH FIGURES OF OMPHALE AND MARS, OR A ROMAN EMPEROR VENICE, ATTRIBUTED TO TIZIANO ASPETTI ( CIRCA 1559-1606) OR HIS WORKSHOP, VENICE, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY Formed as a fully-modelled figure of Mars, or a Roman emperor, and Omphale, on a three-sided base cast with winged caryatids at the corners flanking female masks within strapwork, on a gadrooned base on scroll supports applied with reclining winged putti holding a flower swag and flanking a classical figure seated on scrolling strapwork, on a stepped molded base 45 in. (105.5 cm.) high Provenance Acquired by James de Rothschild (1792-1868) for the Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne, France. Thence by descent to Baron Guy de Rothschild, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 8 December 1994, lot 14. Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 10 December, 1996, lot 97. Anonymous Sale, Christie’s, New York, 27 May, 1999, lot 280. An Important Private Collection, Long Island, New York.
A PAIR OF BRONZE ANDIRONS WITH FIGURES OF OMPHALE AND MARS, OR A ROMAN EMPEROR VENICE, ATTRIBUTED TO TIZIANO ASPETTI ( CIRCA 1559-1606) OR HIS WORKSHOP, VENICE, FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY Formed as a fully-modelled figure of Mars, or a Roman emperor, and Omphale, on a three-sided base cast with winged caryatids at the corners flanking female masks within strapwork, on a gadrooned base on scroll supports applied with reclining winged putti holding a flower swag and flanking a classical figure seated on scrolling strapwork, on a stepped molded base 45 in. (105.5 cm.) high Provenance Acquired by James de Rothschild (1792-1868) for the Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne, France. Thence by descent to Baron Guy de Rothschild, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 8 December 1994, lot 14. Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 10 December, 1996, lot 97. Anonymous Sale, Christie’s, New York, 27 May, 1999, lot 280. An Important Private Collection, Long Island, New York.
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