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Giuseppe de Levis
(Verona, 1552 - Verona, 1622)
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Inkwell with seahorses

Black and gilded patinated bronze; 15x11x10.5 cm.
This inkwell is attributed to the foundry of Giuseppe de Levis, a Jewish founder from Verona.
An almost identical model belongs to the Thyssen Bornemisza collection, listed by Anthony Radcliffe as a De Levis workshop.
The central body features three angel faces divided by projecting volutes and supported by as many seahorses. On the cap a golden cupid with mercury in perfect condition.
The casting has little cold working and is rather material, covered with a black lacquer, a distinctive element of the era to which it belongs, the 17th century.
Biblical Charles Avery, Joseph de Levis & Company, Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 2016, p. 177.
Anthony Radcliffe-Malcolm Baker-Michael Maek-Gerard, The Thissen Bornemitsza Collection Renaissance and Later Sculpture, Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 1992, pp. 234-237.
€ 2.000,00 / 4.000,00
Estimate
€ 1.500,00
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