Peter Finer Specialists in antique arms, armour and related objects Provenance: Viscount Waldorf Astor, Hever Castle, Kent,England Lord Astor of Hever Collection,

AN ETCHED, GILT AND BLUED ITALIAN PARADE BURGONET, PROBABLY BRESCIAN, circa 1555

Sothebys, 5th May 1983, lot 41

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-mail: gallery@peterfiner.com www.peterfiner.com Magnificent Italian baroque carved walnut mirror with roundels depicting the Four Elements through myths. One roundel is signed: “GIVSEP. AVP. FC”, possibly for “Maestro Giuseppe”, the carver to the Duke of Parma and the teacher of Andrea Fantoni. The Roman baroque console table retains its original gilding and was exhibited in Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome Ambiente Barocco, New York and Kansas City, MO, 1999. Mirror: H -82˝(208cm), W-57˝(145cm) Console table: H -37˝(94cm), L -66˝(168cm), D -31˝(79cm)

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