Description
Truncated cone-shaped bronze mortar. The body is decorated with five alternating caryatids, two medals of Emperor Nero and three profiles of Albrecht Dürer. The foot overhangs. Group IC-IF or Master of Nero, Le Puy-en-Velay circa 1640-1670. H.7 D. sup. 10.8 and D. inf. 6.3 cm. Reference: for a comparable model, see La France des fondeurs, art et usage du bronze au XVIe et XVIIe siècle, RMN 2010. Cat. 96 p. 79.
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Truncated cone-shaped bronze mortar. The body is decorated with five alternating caryatids, two medals of Emperor Nero and three profiles of Albrecht Dürer. The foot overhangs. Group IC-IF or Master of Nero, Le Puy-en-Velay circa 1640-1670. H.7 D. sup. 10.8 and D. inf. 6.3 cm. Reference: for a comparable model, see La France des fondeurs, art et usage du bronze au XVIe et XVIIe siècle, RMN 2010. Cat. 96 p. 79.
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