Attributed to the workshop of Benedikt Würzelbauer (1548 - 1620) or his son Johann (1595 - 1656)
Table Fountain in a shape of Pomona
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November 6, 07:36 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
South German, late 16th / early 17th century
bronze, on striated red marble and black socle
she stands with corn sheafs in her hair, belted tunic with naked breasts pierced for fountain spouts, holding a gourd in her right hand and a cornucopia of fruits in her left, right knee also pierced for a spout whist her foot rests on a dolphin head
a mound base below pierced with four further apertures
bronze: 34.5cm., 13½in.
A. S. Drey Collection, Munich;
Their forced sale, Paul Graupe, Berlin, 17 and 18 June 1936, lot 154;
Jantzen Collection, Bremen;
Sotheby's London, 7 July 1999, lot 84;
Where acquired.
This lot is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owners and the heirs of the A. S. Drey dealership.
Deutsche Bronzen, Düsseldorf, cat. 34;
Sechs Sammler Stellen Aus, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1961, cat. 81.
The table fountain in Renaissance Germany was a popular feature amongst the affluent. The present bronze was most probably made for the banqueting room or table as a source of amusement spouting water or wine for the guests. Compare with the Actaeon table fountain in the Victoria and Albert Museum by a Nuremberg artist of the 1560s (inv. M.1-1955; illustrated by Chipps Smith (op. cit., fig.166).
RELATED LITERATURE
J. Chipps Smith, German Sculpture of the later Renaissance, circa 1520-1580, Princeton, 1994, pp. 198-244.
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