Late 19th/Early 20th C Gilt Bronze Tazza with Minerva Vintage

Late 19th/Early 20th C Gilt Bronze Tazza with Minerva VintageBronze Cameo Tazza with Male wearing Helmet and two handles Late 19th Early 20th C Gilt Bronze Tazza with Likely Minerva (Athena) cameo crested helmet symbol of wisdom and warfare Neoclassical Style French or British'

these pieces translate beautifully as architectural fragments

married in Amsterdam on 3 April 1718

a hallmark of this style

It looks to resemble Le Jube of the Capelle Saint Fiacre at Le Faouet in Brittany (side chapel within the church)

likely produced using a photographic or gravure process and mounted onto board for framing

Cornelius van der Geest was a prominent Antwerp spice merchant and art patron

Rustic chapel interior with an altar niche containing a saint statue dressed in red

Materials: Cast Brass or Bronze

Touchmark of crowned rose or floral common for 20th c French pewter makers (95% pewter)

thought its current flamboyant Gothic facade was rebuilt around 1505

Polychrome & gilding traces: The remnants of red pigment and gilt are applied over a gesso base — that’s a hallmark of 18th/19th-century ecclesiastical woodwork

wearing a feathered hat and light blouse or chemise with open collar