Quaternary brass copper alloy. cast in sections, the parts socketed, then pinned, screwed or soldered together. marble pedestal. | c. 1655 - 1680 (cast)
Together with its pair, S161, these firedogs are reproductions of models originally designed in 1649-50 by Alessandro Algardi for a set of firedogs for Philip IV of Spain (1605–1665).
Born in Bologna, where he trained under Lodovico Carracci, Algard...