PIERINO DA VINCI (1530–1553)
Two Putti playing with a Fish
Year
c. 1545
Medium
Marble carved in the round
Dimensions
67.7 x 31.2 x 32.6 cm
26 5/8 x 12 1/4 x 12 7/8 in
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Provenance
Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519–1574), Villa Medici dell’Olmo at Castello, near Florence;
Private collection, France, 1980s, by whom sold to
Private collection, Switzerland.
Literature
G. Vasari, Le Vite de’ più eccellenti pittori scultori e architettori nelle redazioni del 1550 e 1568, ed. R. Bettarini and P. Barocchi, 11 vols, Florence,1966–97, vol. 5, 1984, p. 231.
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