AN EMBOSSED STEEL AND GILDED PARADE SHIELD

AN EMBOSSED STEEL AND GILDED PARADE SHIELD

IN RENAISSANCE STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

of convex circular form, the centre with a depiction of Hercules killing Lichas after the sculpture by Antonio Canova (c.1795), the surrounding field delineated by concentric scaled bands and displaying classical busts in rondels separated by mythical creatures, the outer border with leaf masks and foliate sprays, with a laurel wreath rim, the reverse with handgrip and two fixed rings

60cm diameter

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Bronzina Room, Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Literature

Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'An Italian circular shield, chased with Hercules and Lycas on gold and blue ground with medallion heads and caryatid figures round the border, 16th century, £200.0.0.''