ASPETTI, Tiziano
(b. ca. 1559, Padova, d. 1606, Pisa)

Andirons

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Bronze
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

The bronze andirons shown here (a pair of metal supports used for holding up logs in a fireplace) are decorated with the figures of Mercury and Minerva. They were made by the Paduan sculptor Tiziano Aspetti.




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