Lot 84
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AN ITALIAN BRONZED ELECTROTYPE GROUP DEPICTING THE RAPE OF A SABINE WOMAN
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AN ITALIAN BRONZED ELECTROTYPE GROUP DEPICTING THE RAPE OF A SABINE WOMAN

AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN BRONZED ELECTROTYPE GROUP DEPICTING THE RAPE OF A SABINE WOMAN
AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The group set on integral rockwork base, on a serpentine marble three piece pedestal with octagonal base and fluted tapering stem with foliate capital, circular top restored
the bronze 42½ in. (108 cm.); the pedestal 40 in. (101. 5 cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Between 1581 and 1583 Giambologna created the colossal marble group 'The Rape of a Sabine' in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. The group was universally celebrated and as a result copies and reductions have been created ever since. To Giambologna it was a group which allowed him to demonstrate his skills of composition, a group that could be viewed from virtually every angle and was astonishing in its use of complex spiralling forms.

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