A bronze coffer from the workshop of Severo da Ravenna - image-1
A bronze coffer from the workshop of Severo da Ravenna - image-2
A bronze coffer from the workshop of Severo da Ravenna - image-1A bronze coffer from the workshop of Severo da Ravenna - image-2

Lot 312 Dα

A bronze coffer from the workshop of Severo da Ravenna

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
17.11.2022, 14:30 - Decorative Arts - Sculpture Bronze Furniture Textiles
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
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A bronze coffer from the workshop of Severo da Ravenna

Oblong box with loose lid on dolphin supports. Richly decorated with repousse designs, the outer faces with putti, wreaths, trophies, centaurs, and medusa masks, the lid with a vacant heraldic shield. The soldered hinge of the box not connected to the lid. H 7.6, W 22, D 12.7 cm.
Padua, attributed to the workshop of Severo Calzetta (Severo da Ravenna), first half 16th C.

Literature

Cf. cat. ex aere solido Bronzen von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Berlin 1983, no. 66., for the same coffer without the feet.
Cf. D'Apuzzo, La collezione dei bronze del Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna, Florence, undated, cat. no. 22, with differing figural feet, therein also listed further examples for example in the Musée du Louvre, inv. R52, on tortoise feet, and the publication of the coffer in Bernard de Montfaucons "L'antiquitée expliquée", Paris 1722.
Cf. Scholten, The Robert Lehmann Collection XII. European Sculpture and Metalwork, New York 2011, cat. no. 222.