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Small Bust of Minerva, Venice 16th-17th century

Bronze, brown patina
Overall 11x8x6 cm Bronze 8,5x6x4,5 cm

This fine bust depicts a woman in armour, likely Minerva.

 

In the Venetian area this kind of object adorned furniture drawers or functioned as a door knob. Certainly, it was part of a series that followed the same theme.

Literature:
Mark Gregory d'Apuzzo, La Collezione dei Bronzi del Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna - Libro Co., San Casciano Val di Pesa, 2019?, pp. 159-151 per esempio simile.
€ 1.000,00 / 1.500,00
Estimate
€ 420,00
Starting price
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