THE BRONZES AFTER MICHELANGELO, BY F. BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A large French gilt bronze and white marble mantel clock
The bronzes after Michelangelo, By F. Barbedienne, Paris, Last quarter 19th Century
The architectural breakfront pediment case surmounted by the figure of Lorenzo de Medici and flanked to one side by a reclining male nude and to the other by a female nude, above the blue and white enamel dial, with Roman numerals and Arabic minute divisions, signed F. Barbedienne A Paris, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking on a bell, on spreading base fronted by a lion mask and flanked to each side by fluted bracket feet
53½ in. (135.8 cm.) wide; 41¾ in. (106 cm.) high; 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) deep
The bronzes after Michelangelo, By F. Barbedienne, Paris, Last quarter 19th Century
The architectural breakfront pediment case surmounted by the figure of Lorenzo de Medici and flanked to one side by a reclining male nude and to the other by a female nude, above the blue and white enamel dial, with Roman numerals and Arabic minute divisions, signed F. Barbedienne A Paris, the twin-train movement with countwheel striking on a bell, on spreading base fronted by a lion mask and flanked to each side by fluted bracket feet
53½ in. (135.8 cm.) wide; 41¾ in. (106 cm.) high; 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) deep
Sale room notice
This mantel clock is after the celebrated monument to Lorenzo de' Medici by Michelangelo in the New Sacristy, San Lorenzo in Florence