329 OVIFORM LEAD BAS-RELIEF FRENCH, 16TH CENTURY The Court of Apollo. Composed of the muses, the River God and putti. Size, 31% x 7 inches From the Spitzer legacies. 330 SMALL LEAD BAS-RELIEF FLEMISH, 16TH CENTURY Plaquette of unusual interest. Apparently a sacrificial ceremony of humorous portent. The figures of the participants are carefully modelled and stand out in relief against the background of architec-ture. Size, 1% x 31/ inches From the Spitzer legacies. 331 SEVEN LEAD BAS-RELIEF PLAQUETTES OF THE RENAISSANCE FRENCH, 16TH CENTURY With full standing figures allegorical of Justice, War, Peace, Com-merce, etc. Exquisitely modelled and with minute tare to the detail of background. Size of each, about 31/2 x 21% inches From the Spitzer legacies. 332 LEAD BAS-RELIEF OF THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE FRANCO-ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY In three compositions; the centre Eve, her limbs transformed into a serpent body encircling the tree, tenders the apple. To the left Adam receives the forbidden fruit, and to the right, Adam and Eve are chased from Paradise by an angel. Size, 31/4 x 83/4 inches Related to the art of Il Riccio. From the Spitzer legacies. 333 SET OF NINE LEAD PLAQUETTES DEVOTED TO THE MUSES FLORENTINE, 16TH CENTURY Each with a bas-relief representation of a putto with the emblems of a muse, the name of the muse represented engraved above. Gold-smith’s models for the enrichment of book bindings. Mounted on a panel. Size, 81/4 x 51/2 inches From the Spitzer legacies. [SEE ILLUSTRATION] 128
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