Ink pot with Three Putti

Object belonging

One's own

Category

Bronze sculpture

City

Rome

Location

Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia

Specific location

Room 17

Inventory

PV 10867

Material and technique

Bronze, dark brown natural patina

Author

Venetian School (imitator of the Roccatagliata)

Dating

17th century

Dimensions

11 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm.

Origin

Auriti Collection (1963)

Image copyright

SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma

Short description

Planiscig believed this inkwell to be a product of the studio of Niccolò Roccatagliata, dating it to the 16th century, while Santangelo thought it to have been fused in northern Italy in the late 1500s. The artist is a late copyist of the Roccatagliata brothers, replicating the latters’ renowned putti, but failing to achieve their artistry.

Pietro Cannata

Bibliography

 L. Planiscig La Collezione Auriti, Vienna 1931, no. 31; A. Santangelo, Museo di Palazzo Venezia. La Collezione Auriti, Rome 1964, p. 52.