AFTER TIZIANO ASPETTI (1557/1559 - 1606), A CLOSE PAIR OF LEADED BRONZE FIGURES OF MARS AND JUNO

AFTER TIZIANO ASPETTI (1557/1559 - 1606), A CLOSE PAIR OF LEADED BRONZE FIGURES OF MARS AND JUNO NORTH ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY Juno depicted with her attribute the peacock, Mars with plumed helmet in the act of drawing a sword, possibly loaded bronze and formerly andironsMars 37.5cm high, Juno 35.5cm high, the alabaster bases 10.5cms wideThe Italian renaissance sculptor Tiziano Aspetti is today perhaps best known not for his legacy of work, but rather from the portrait painting of him by Leandro Bassano which now resides in the Royal Collection. His 1590 figure of Mars is in The Frick Collection, New York (Accession number: 1916.2.56). It stands with his feet on this cuirass, swept socle below. The plainer construction of this lot with the roundel bases suggests they may, like many examples of his work, been emulated and cast for use as andirons. See J. Pope-Hennessy, The Frick Collection - An Illustrated Catalogue, III, Sculpture, Italian, New York, 1970, pp. 183-185.