Lot Essay
The original of this group was commissioned around 1580 by the Grand Duke of Tuscany and is in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, where Donatello's Judith was moved to make space for the new group.
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Details
An Italian alabaster model of the Rape of a Sabine, late 19th or early 20th century
After Giambologna, the fingers of the woman's left hand, her right arm and the crouching man's left arm lacking -- 34in. (86.3cm.) high
After Giambologna, the fingers of the woman's left hand, her right arm and the crouching man's left arm lacking -- 34in. (86.3cm.) high
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