Andiron with Adonis
Series TitlePair of Andirons with Adonis and Venus
Artist
Girolamo Campagna
(Italian, 1552 - 1623)
Datelate 16th-early 17th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 44 1/4 inches (112.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number56-1/1
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 108
Collections
DescriptionBase: each has two front feet with a winged term facing side; between outer wings, central swag, above which bearded mask topped by double Ionic capital. Shaft circled by three reliefs bearing Medici coat of arms flanked by leaf scroll, surmounted at each side by a nude female half-figure. Each crowned by a standing figure: 1. Meleager with a dog; 2. Atalanta or Venus with Putto.ProvenanceBaron Salomon Albert Anselm von Rothschild (1844-1911), Vienna, by 1911 [1];
By descent to his son, Baron Louis Nathaniel von Rothschild (1882-1955), Vienna, 1911-1955;
By inheritance to his wife, Hildegard Johanna Caroline Marie Auersperg von Rothschild (1895-1981), East Barnard, VT, 1955;
Purchased from Hilda de Rothschild by Rosenberg and Stiebel, stock no. 3057, New York, November 7, 1955-1956 [2];
Purchased from Rosenberg and Stiebel by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1956.
NOTES:
[1] Frick Art Reference Library, MS665 Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive, Photographs-Card files.
[2] Frick Art Reference Library, MS665 Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive, Sales and Inventory Records, Purchases and Sales, 1952-1955.
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