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Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, Allegory of Fame, b

Sold for £12,000 at Morton & Eden on Nov 28, 2019.

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Lot description

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, Allegory of Fame, bronze plaquette, Fame seated left blowing a trumpet and holding a palm; in front of her is a winged putto, a basket of fruit on his head, holding a ewer to water a palm tree from whose trunk sprout three laurel branches, 57mm (Molinier 242; Bange 395; Kress 222, fig. 94; Bargello 202; Scaglia VII 5), pierced, the original moulded rim filed down, one edge crack and a tiny indentation on the right leg of Fame, the reverse with three concentric engraved circles, otherwise an extremely fine contemporary cast with exceptional detailing. Provenance: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Salber collection, Galerie Moenius auction, 23 March 2018, lot 98.

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