A VENETIAN FRAME, EARLY 17TH CENTURY FRAME, VENETO, EARLY 17TH CENTURY ebonized and gilded wood, thin gilded rebate opens onto a wide band richly carved with a plant motif of recurring whirls, scrolls and ramages interspersed at the centres with large figures of reclining putti holding festoons of flowers, while at the centre of the upper side two putti support the central mask, the upper band closes at the corners with wide scrolls and the lower band with wide open leaves; overall size 146x125.5 cm, light 100.3x78 cm