Andrea Riccio

Lucerne with Satyr’s Head and Cock’s Foot, Bronze, After Andrea Riccio (1470 – 1532)

Italy, Circa 1850

Depth: 14 cms (5.5 ins)
Height: 22 cms (8.7 ins)
Width: 12.5 cms (5 ins)

Andrea Riccio (c. 1470 – 1532) was an Italian sculptor and occasional architect, whose real name was Andrea Briosco, but is usually known by his sobriquet meaning “curly”; he is also known as Il Riccio and Andrea Crispus (“curly” in Latin). He is mainly known for small bronzes, often practical objects such as inkwells, door knockers or fire-dogs, exquisitely sculpted and decorated in a classicising Renaissance style.