Tuesday 4 June 2024
A bronze group of a lion attacking a horse,After the Antique, South German or North Italian,...
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Description
A bronze group of a lion attacking a horse,
After the Antique, South German or North Italian, 17th century,
On a rough hewn marble plinth, 27cm high overall, 36cm wide, 21cm deep
Provenance: Berwind Collection, Newport, Rhode Island, according to vendor records.
Lot Footnotes
Note: This model varies slightly from the model by Giambologna, more commonly copied, with the horses' head more violently arched back towards the lion. It is close to the Antique marble, now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, which was restored in 1594 by Ruggiero Bescap with the horse's head bowed forward in surrender.
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