Base for an oil lamp, Andrea Briosco (follower of), c. 1530 - c. 1539 On the corner at the front of the three -sided base, which rests three on the front curly legs, there is a siren, whose wings spread against the side walls of the foot. At the top the head of a wild boar, who holds his snout against the head stretched forward of the siren. The latter wears a wide band around the neck with a beef skull as a piece of jewelry and a trench band around her waist, including Acanthus leaves hanging. These partly cover the front curl leg underneath, partly it splitting into two parts, which gives na

Base for an oil lamp, Andrea Briosco (follower of), c. 1530 - c. 1539 On the corner at the front of the three -sided base, which rests three on the front curly legs, there is a siren, whose wings spread against the side walls of the foot. At the top the head of a wild boar, who holds his snout against the head stretched forward of the siren. The latter wears a wide band around the neck with a beef skull as a piece of jewelry and a trench band around her waist, including Acanthus leaves hanging. These partly cover the front curl leg underneath, partly it splitting into two parts, which gives narrow and turns into both rear curl legs. On the abdomen there is a winged putto in high relief on both sides that drinks from the chest of the siren; Averted from him is, also in high relief, on one side a satyr with pan flute and on the other a satyr doubt with torch, playing on a pan flute. On the back of a packed oval plaque to an antique example: Jupiter sat on an eagle opposite a standing naked woman, next to whom a cupid on a column and the inscription: Cupidus. Above the medallion two, sitting on each other, sitting puti with between them in a date palm. Above, the handle originates, which consists of a splitting trench, the top of which ends in a ramskop and ends in two volutes with a shell on the split. Left and right under the medallion, as well as on the Zwijnskop, a shell; A protruding at the top on one side. Padua bronze (metal) On the corner at the front of the three -sided base, which rests three on the front curly legs, there is a siren, whose wings spread against the side walls of the foot. At the top the head of a wild boar, who holds his snout against the head stretched forward of the siren. The latter wears a wide band around the neck with a beef skull as a piece of jewelry and a trench band around her waist, including Acanthus leaves hanging. These partly cover the front curl leg underneath, partly it splitting into two parts, which gives narrow and turns i

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