ATTRIBUTED TO ERCOLE FERRATA (ITALIAN, 1610-1686) OR DOMENICO GUIDI (ITALIAN, 1625-1701): A MID-17TH CENTURY ROMAN GILT BRONZE RELIEF DEPICTING A FEMALE SAINT HOLDING A CLOTH of oval form, the female saint emitting rays of light, with clouds around her and two winged putti marks appearing from the clouds, holding a cloth with an imprint of a figure of a male saint holding a book and lilies, flanked by a pair of putti, one with wings, within an interior with panelled walls, the relief later cut with a hole for a key, raised on a modern bronze stand with rectangular base, 28.5cm high The tentative attribution to Ercole Ferrata or Domenico Guidi is based on the thematic and stylistic similarity of the present relief to a small bronze relief from the collection of Dr Charles Avery that was attributed to those sculptors. The Avery relief depicts two winged putti holding Saint Veronica's veil, and was sold at Chiswick Auctions, London, 21 June 2016, lot 306. For example the winged putto on the left of both plaquettes, strikes a very similar pose as he supports the cloth, with a column to the background. The Avery attribution was based on the similarity of that bronze relief to a set of marble reliefs set over the doorways of the choir of Borromini's church of Sant Agnese in Agone, Piazza Navona, Rome, finished by Ferrata in 1658 and Guidi in 1669. They depict the same sort of cherubs as they bear the symbolic attributes of Agnes's martyrdom. This important church also houses a small gilt stucco relief by Algardi, depicting St Agnes appearing to St Constance, and incorporating more of these delightful winged putti.