. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. No. i2\—Sixteenth Centiuv Flohextixe Bas-iu BERNARDO —146-i 422—Fifteenth Century Flokentine jNIarble Bas-relief RectaiifJiilar tablet, carved, in low relief, with the standing fig-nre of the Virgin, her head covered with a veil, and wearinga simple robe gathered at the waist and a mantle. With bothhands she supports the figure of the Child Christ, who standsat her side o
. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. No. i2\—Sixteenth Centiuv Flohextixe Bas-iu BERNARDO —146-i 422—Fifteenth Century Flokentine jNIarble Bas-relief RectaiifJiilar tablet, carved, in low relief, with the standing fig-nre of the Virgin, her head covered with a veil, and wearinga simple robe gathered at the waist and a mantle. With bothhands she supports the figure of the Child Christ, who standsat her side on a cushion. He is clothed in a linen tunic, holdsa fold of linen in His hands and looks directly at the A^irgin and Child have haloes and in the background areclouds. In old carved and gilded wood Tabernacolo frame,with molded and dentelled cornice, enriched with t^gg and dartornament, finely painted frieze, pilasters with Ionic capitalsand ])anelcd shafts and molded base and a])ron. IIii[/lit. -•$;_ iinlif.^; :d(ltli, \7\j inches.(lUiistratfc]). No. ?i22—Fifteenth Cextiiky Florextine Bas-hklikf BENVENUTO CELLINI1500— 423—Sixteenth Century Feokentine INIakbee Bas-relief Rectangular tablet, carved in low i-elief with a subject ofVeiuis and Cupid. The (ioddess. completely nude, lies fulllenoth and turns toward the smiling Cupid on the left as thoughjust aroused from sleeii. On the right is a youthful satyr a torch in one hand, with a malicious grin withdraws J^with the other the draperies from the recumbent Venus. In j^an old carved and gilded frame with molded and dentelledcornice and voluted brackets. HcighU 1!) inches: zciiltJi, 25 Tlic figure of Wlius is remarkably like that of the large ^\•nus l)v i Benvenuto Cellini now in tlie I^ouvre. This bas-relief came from the L small collection of the Perruzzi family (related to the Medici and, in ^ the fifteenth century, one of the most distinmiishcd families of Flor-
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