Pair Of Andirons Day And Night XIXth

Chiselled, gilding and brown patina bronze.
These beautiful andirons represent the pair of statues adorning the tomb of a Medici (Michelangelo).
A strong symbolism is associated with the statues of which there are four (the four parts of the time).
L'enfeu, Julien de Nemours rests in this tomb.
The particularity of these andirons is their positioning on a base shaped chest.
The original statues are on a pediment, this curved base is for example reproduced in the Barbedienne andirons on the same subject.
Regarding these andirons it gives an aspect closer to an ornamental statuary.

excellent original condition.

43 (height) x 51 (length) x 40 x 18 (base) cm.