Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A PAIR OF ITALIAN POTTERY ELEPHANT AND ACROBAT OBELISKS

AFTER GIAN LORENZO BERNINI, BY SANDINI, MID-20TH CENTURY

each modelled as an obelisk-acrobat supported on an elephant and a waisted plinth with a pink wash (2)

42cm high

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

Catalogue Note

The original statue on which these are based was designed by Gian Lorezo Bernini and unveiled in 1667 in front of the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva on the Piazza della Minerva, Rome. The inspiration for the statue was possibly a woodcut engraving from the 'Hypnerotomachia Polyphili' first published in 1499.

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