GROSSO, Niccolò
(active c. 1500 in Florence)

Torch-holder

c. 1500
Wrought-iron
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence

The external decoration of the Florentine palaces was very limited: the stone bench, the entrance gate with its studded doors, the wrought-iron lantern to be seen at the corners, the banner holders, the torch holders, the ringed hinges, again in wrought-iron, the family coat of arms.




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