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Door knocker
Lost Art-ID
630790
Artist / Creator
Title
Door knocker
Dating
1601/1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Brass)
Height
29.00 cm
Width
16.00 cm
Inventory number
Me 56
Description
Venice workshop. Two cherubs, standing on volutes and held by foliage at their hips, support the Medici coat of arms. Below them, in the centre, acting as the actual knocker, is a mask with hinted ram's horns. The knocker hangs in the mouth of a satyr.
Provenance
Art and antiques dealer Hermann P. Lockner Jr. Antiques, Würzburg, 1 June 1976
Published since
Contact
Städt. Museum Schloss Rheydt
Schlossstr. 508
41238 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Phone
02161 252681
E-Mail
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