Art + Antiques: Featuring The Birger Sandzen Collection Part 2
Sat, Mar 7, 2020 01:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 100
Hand-Painted Porcelain Charger, Poet Torquato Tasso
Sold for
$70
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $5,000 | $250 |
| $10,000 | $500 |
| $20,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $2,500 |
| $75,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
A 13" porcelain charger bearing a nicely hand-painted portrait of 16th c. Italian poet Torquato Tasso. He is portrayed wearing a laurel crown, indicative of his place in the lineage of the great poets; it is said that Pope Clement VIII intended to coronate Tasso with a laurel crown in the tradition of Petrarch, but Tasso tragically fell ill before the ceremony could be carried out. Circa 1900. To the underside is written "Torquato Tasso 1544-1595" beneath an unidentified painted mark.
Very good condition, no issues of note.