Door-knocker, Door-knocker in the form of a descending monster, The narrowing backwards body is covered with acanthus leaves. It flows forward into a satyr head and two arms, the hands of which hold the horns of a bovine head that springs from his chest. Wings in the shape of acanthus leaves on the shoulders, the curling abdomen ends in a leaf. Under the bovine head as a push button a shell, under the abdomen the hinge, ornament, human monstrosities, monsters or mixed human and animal shape, 'Mostri' (Ripa), Andrea Briosco (follower of), Padua, c. 1525 - c. 1549, bronze (metal), h 27 cm × h 14

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Door-knocker, Door-knocker in the form of a descending monster, The narrowing backwards body is covered with acanthus leaves. It flows forward into a satyr head and two arms, the hands of which hold the horns of a bovine head that springs from his chest. Wings in the shape of acanthus leaves on the shoulders, the curling abdomen ends in a leaf. Under the bovine head as a push button a shell, under the abdomen the hinge, ornament, human monstrosities, monsters or mixed human and animal shape, 'Mostri' (Ripa), Andrea Briosco (follower of), Padua, c. 1525 - c. 1549, bronze (metal), h 27 cm × h cm × w cm × d cm

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