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Sphinx, lamp

Sphinx, lamp
(16th century)

Medium
bronze

Measurements
11.2 × 14.7 × 5.1 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Venice, Veneto, Italy

Accession Number
4023-D3

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Formed from grotesque monsters, Paduan, workshop of Andrea Riccio, possibly Riccio himself.