An Italian bronze fountain figure of a Boy with a Dolphin

AFTER VERROCHIO, CIRCA 1890

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An Italian bronze fountain figure of a Boy with a Dolphin
After Verrochio, Circa 1890
Spread-winged, holding a fish in his arms, his right foot raised, on a circular socle, on an octagonal base
29 in. (75 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The original, by Verrocchio, a pupil of Donatello and himself teacher to Leonardo da Vinci, was made to adorn a fountain in the gardens of the Villa Medici at Careggi. It is now in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.

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