Perfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr
Object type: Incense burner
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Artist: Desiderio da Firenze
Artist bio: Italian, born Florence, active Padua, 1532–45
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1540–50
Medium: The cover and body are binary bronze (copper and tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); the foot is cast in brass (copperzinc alloy with very minor amounts of tin, lead, and the usual copper impurities of iron, nickel, silver, and antimony).
Dimensions: H. overall 46.5 cm, h. of base 6.9 cm, h. of middle section, including bajonet joint 15.1 cm, h. of cover 25.7 cm.
Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Satyrs|Musical Instruments|Eagles