A Small Bronze Group of a Prancing Stag
A Small Bronze Group of a Prancing Stag
Date Circa 1620
Period Late 17th century
Medium Bronze, Gilt bronze
Dimension 12 cm (4³/₄ inches)
Bronze, gilt bronze
South Germany; Nuremberg or Augsburg
Late 17th Century / Circa 1620
SIZE: 12cm high - 4¾ ins high
Date: Circa 1620
Period: Late 17th century
Medium: Bronze, Gilt bronze
Dimension: 12 cm (4³/₄ inches)
Provenance: Ex Private London collection, 1960’s
Ex Private collection through descent
LITERATURE:
K. Pechstein, ‘Nürnberger Brunnenfiguren der Renaissance’, Hambourg and Berlin, 1969, p. 27
Literature: This bronze group, made in southern Germany, bears great similarities with the gilded silver table ornaments and mechanical automaton groups favoured by the princely courts of Germany, Austria and Northern Italy in the late 16th and early 17th centuries
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