Andiron
Artist
Nicolò Roccatagliata
(Italian (Venetian), active 1593 - 1636)
Dateca. 1600
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 42 × 22 1/4 × 16 inches (106.68 × 56.52 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number62-19/1
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionTripod base with putto looking upward, resting on volute on each side, holding scalloped band emerging from lion-head masqueron at center (most of band missing from l. side of 2). Beneath mask, oval coat-of-arms with standing lamb facing r.; head of angel on back. Above, a second tier with winged satyr on volute at both corners, wings joining in palmette at center; beneath palmette, masqueron of f. head. Each andiron crowned by standing putto, one arm bent at elbow, other upraised.Published ReferencesRoger
Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A
Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association
with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 155 (repro.).
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