A FLEMISH SMALL BRONZE FIGURE GROUP OF A PUTTO WITH BOW AND ARROW AND A STAG
16TH CENTURY
£1,071
Auction: 15 JANUARY 2025 FROM 10:00 GMT
Description
on a later bronze rectangular plinth, incised with collection number 455; together with AN ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A PUTTO WITH A SNAKE, on a siena and black marble stand, 7.4cm high, 16.3cm overall (2)
Dimensions
6cm long, 9.2cm high
Provenance
Putto with stag:
Prince Christian August von Waldeck (1744-1798)
Dr. Heinrich Scheufelen, Oberlenningen, Germany
Alfred Spero collection
Acquired 1966.
Putto with snake:
Alfred Spero collection
Acquired 1965.
Footnote
Note: An extract from the catalogue of the Waldeck/Scheufelen collection by German Hatter, Malnz, 1958 discusses this bronze. “756 (455) Young boy with stag. Artlessly moulded group of a boy with arrow and small stag standing in front of him, moving in the same direction, on an irregular dis, on which there are plants, flowers and a small bird. Probably a toy, certainly not antique”.