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Poetry

c. 1590-1600

Nicolò Roccatagliata

Artist, Genoese-Venetian, 1553 - 1653

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Artwork overview

Medium

bronze
Credit Line

Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection
Dimensions

overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Accession

2022.181.60

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, Kunstauktionshaus Dr. Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart, 27 September, 1997, no. 2105); Alexander Rudigier, London; Robert H. Smith

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Bibliography

2007

Cristanetti, Simona, et al. Recent Acquisitions Made to the Robert H. Smith Collection of Renaissance Bronzes. London, 2007: 35-39, 60, repro. no. 60.

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