"Severo Calzetta Da Ravenna Renaissance Oil Lamp In Bronze Italy Grand Tour 19th Century"
Patinated bronze oil lamp Decorated with a bust of a man with a leafy beard resting on a raptor's claw After Severo Calzetta da Ravenna Italy Grand Tour 19th century superb quality of cast iron and old patina in good condition small marks of use traces of tin soldering between the bust and the foot Severo Calzetta da Ravenna Italian sculptor of the Renaissance nicknamed "the master of dragons" Active in Padua and Ravenna in the middle of the Mannerist period The sculptures and objects attributed to him were copied from the 18th century for enlightened amateurs of the Grand Tour A similar model from the period is part of the collections of the Bode Museum in Berlin 
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