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A Large-Scale Early-18th Century Carved Cartouche

£7,500

Of exceptional scale and impact, the central medallion bears the cypher 'E A R', adorned with grotesque masks and exuberant scrolling.

The surface retaining much original parcel gilding, pleasingly in contrast to the dry surface of the pine and walnut timbers used.

Apparently English, but closely following the Italian grotesque tradition expounded by designers such as Federico Zuccaro.

Provenance

With the dealer J. Rochelle Thomas in 1922, who advertised it in The Connoisseur as one of 'two Shields, with monograms, 50 inches in height' along with a carved ribbon section dated 1707, as shown below.

Literature

'A New Booke of Variety of Compartments', Robert White (after Federico Zuccaro), 1671

Ref: 5975

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Height 130cm (51⅕in)
Width 91cm (53¾in)
Depth 18cm (7in)
17th-century carved shield with EAR cypher, grotesque masks, scrolling motifs, and partial parcel gilding in pine and walnut, after Zuccaro.
17th-century carved shield with EAR cypher, grotesque masks, scrolling motifs, and partial parcel gilding in pine and walnut, after Zuccaro.
17th-century carved shield with EAR cypher, grotesque masks, scrolling motifs, and partial parcel gilding in pine and walnut, after Zuccaro.
17th-century carved shield with EAR cypher, grotesque masks, scrolling motifs, and partial parcel gilding in pine and walnut, after Zuccaro.
17th-century carved shield with EAR cypher, grotesque masks, scrolling motifs, and partial parcel gilding in pine and walnut, after Zuccaro.
17th-century carved shield with EAR cypher, grotesque masks, scrolling motifs, and partial parcel gilding in pine and walnut, after Zuccaro.
17th-century carved shield with EAR cypher, grotesque masks, scrolling motifs, and partial parcel gilding in pine and walnut, after Zuccaro.

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