Samson and the Lion 17th century probably Italian This is a relatively crisply chased example of a composition in which the lions gaping mouth serves as an inkwell. The model is frequently encountered in disappointing casts. Attributions in the past have run a wide gamut, from Pollaiuolo to Tiziano Aspetti. Anthony Radcliffe has ascribed the Samson statuettes to Bernardino Danese, the seventeenth-century Roman founder, noting a resemblance between the lion in a good example of the type in the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and the two lions that adorn the pedestal of the bust of Paolo Giordano II Orsini in the same museum.[1 The Samson and the Orsini bust in Plymouth share the same early provenance.[2 When actually placed side by side, however, the lions in Plymouth are not so compellingly similar in modeling or in chasing. Those under the bust are conventional Baroque heraldic beasts tooled with relatively rigid parallel strokes. Bernardino Daneses main documented efforts—va

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Samson and the Lion 17th century probably Italian This is a relatively crisply chased example of a composition in which the lions gaping mouth serves as an inkwell. The model is frequently encountered in disappointing casts. Attributions in the past have run a wide gamut, from Pollaiuolo to Tiziano Aspetti. Anthony Radcliffe has ascribed the Samson statuettes to Bernardino Danese, the seventeenth-century Roman founder, noting a resemblance between the lion in a good example of the type in the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and the two lions that adorn the pedestal of the bust of Paolo Giordano II Orsini in the same museum.[1 The Samson and the Orsini bust in Plymouth share the same early provenance.[2 When actually placed side by side, however, the lions in Plymouth are not so compellingly similar in modeling or in chasing. Those under the bust are conventional Baroque heraldic beasts tooled with relatively rigid parallel strokes. Bernardino Daneses main documented efforts—va

SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of Samson and the Lion 17th century probably Italian This is a relatively crisply chased example of a composition in which the lions gaping mouth serves as an inkwell. The model is frequently encountered in disappointing casts. Attributions in the past have run a wide gamut, from Pollaiuolo to Tiziano Aspetti. Anthony Radcliffe has ascribed the Samson statuettes to Bernardino Danese, the seventeenth-century Roman founder, noting a resemblance between the lion in a good example of the type in the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and the two lions that adorn the pedestal of the bust of Paolo Giordano II Orsini in the same museum.[1 The Samson and the Orsini bust in Plymouth share the same early provenance.[2 When actually placed side by side, however, the lions in Plymouth are not so compellingly similar in modeling or in chasing. Those under the bust are conventional Baroque heraldic beasts tooled with relatively rigid parallel strokes. Bernardino Daneses main documented efforts—va by Piemags/PL Photography Limited is available for licensing today.

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