Lot n° 264
Estimation :
80 - 100
EUR
COPY of the tondo bas-relief adorning the MARTELLI MIRROR (p - Lot 264
COPY of the tondo bas-relief adorning the MARTELLI MIRROR (preserved at the Victoria & Albert museum in London), in stamped copper with a medallic patina, depicting in profile a satyr and a bacchante facing each other under a term representing Priape, the ancient god of fertility. It is engraved at the bottom with a Latin inscription "NATURA FOVET QUAE NECESSITAS URGET" (Nature encourages what necessity demands). D. 17 cm (pierced at top). Model created in Mantua at the end of the 15th century, formerly attributed to Donatello (1386-1466). The original was purchased by the museum in 1863 from the Martelli family.
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