door-knocker

1550/1600

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

Bronze door-knocker formed of two dolphins with snakes twined around them; on the dolphins sit two satyrs, whose scroll arms support a blank shield; above shield a mask of Medusa; below shield a grotesque mask; inscribed.

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Details

Title: door-knocker
Date Created: 1550/1600
Physical Dimensions: Length: 36.00cm (flat); Height: 25.50cm (standing); Width: 28.50cm; Depth: 25.00cm; Weight: 10727.00g
External Link: British Museum collection online
Subject: mammal; satyr; grotesque; myth/legend; arms/armour; reptile
Registration number: WB.4
Production place: Made in Venice
Producer: Formerly attributed to Bresciano, Andrea di Bartolomeo di Alessandri, called Il Bresciano. Formerly attributed to Campagna, Girolamo
Place: Found/Acquired Palazzo Martinengodobblo
Material: bronze
Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
Acquisition: Bequeathed by Rothschild, Ferdinand Anselm

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