Mortar
Unknown
19th or 20th century, after a 16th century Tuscan model · Copper alloy with dull brown patina and deposits of light brown investment clay. · Robert Lehman Collection
This mortar decorated with four Medusa heads separated by simple flanges is probably one of the “Four Assorted Italian Bronze and Brass Motars [sic]” that Duveen Brothers removed from the apartment of Mrs. Albert E. Goodhart, Robert Lehman’s aunt, after her death in 1952.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 19th or 20th century, after a 16th century Tuscan model
- Medium
- Copper alloy with dull brown patina and deposits of light brown investment clay.
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
