Lot 48: GIUSEPPE DE LEVIS (1552-1611/14) AND WORKSHOP

HANDBELL WITH ARMORIAL CARTOUCHES

17.5cm., 6 7/8 in.

bronze

North Italian, Verona, late 16th century

Compare two signed bells with the same decorative motifs on the bands in the Victoria and Albert Museum (A.16-1973 and A.7-1987) and another bell from a private collection published by Avery. The present bell will be included in Dr Charles Avery's forthcoming monograph on Giuseppe de Levis as no. 78.

RELATED LITERATURE
P. Motture, Bells & Mortars and related utensils. Catalogue of Italian bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2001, pp. 159-162, nos. 49-50; C. Avery, 'A bronze founder and sculptor of the late sixteenth century. Giuseppe de Levis of Verona: New Discoveries', Connoisseur, February 1977, p. 119, pl. 10