Circa 1900, manner of Andrea Brustolon (Italian, 1662-1732), each depicting a herculean figure wearing a morion-cabasset helmet and fur skirt, standing in mirroring poses with club resting on one shoulder and the opposite leg projecting forward, unsigned. Included with the lot are two modern ebonized wood plinths.

54 x 14 x 15 in. (figure); 24 3/4 x 17 x 17 in. (plinth)

From the Estate of the late Mr. & Mrs. Charles and Cynthia Salzhauer, Oxford, North Carolina

Some scattered shrinkage cracks to figures and bases; some traces of black and white pigment to interstices indicate figures may have once had polychrome.

$3,000 - 5,000