Pair of double-headed monsters

Italian, possibly Venice

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 537

Venice is suggested only as a possible place of origin for these exceptionally vigorous Baroque creatures; Augsburg and even France would be equally plausible. It is no easier to reconstruct the purpose for which they were made. Their undersides are slightly flattened and pierced for attachment, so that they could have flanked a bust on an elaborate pedestal, or, perhaps more likely, they may have embellished a fountain.

[James D. Draper, 1984]

Pair of double-headed monsters, Bronze, with black lacquer patina, Italian, possibly Venice

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Pair of double-headed monsters, Bronze, with black lacquer patina, Italian, possibly Venice
Pair of double-headed monsters, Bronze, with black lacquer patina, Italian, possibly Venice
Pair of double-headed monsters, Bronze, with black lacquer patina, Italian, possibly Venice
Pair of double-headed monsters, Bronze, with black lacquer patina, Italian, possibly Venice

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