Door knocker (one of a pair)

Manner of Hubert Gerhard Netherlandish

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Hubert Gerhard’s workshop made a variety of similar bronze objects in the Mannerist style. He worked for several important patrons including the Fugger banking family in Augsburg and their various country estates creating monumental sculptural groups and fittings of great refinement.

Door knocker (one of a pair), Manner of Hubert Gerhard (Netherlandish, 1540/50–1621, active Germany), Bronze, German, Augsburg

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Door knocker (one of a pair), Manner of Hubert Gerhard (Netherlandish, 1540/50–1621, active Germany), Bronze, German, Augsburg
Door knocker (one of a pair), Manner of Hubert Gerhard (Netherlandish, 1540/50–1621, active Germany), Bronze, German, Augsburg

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