Lot Essay
The Medici lions are based on the antique prototype now in the Loggia dei Lanzi, in Florence.
Details
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF THE MEDICI LIONS
FLORENTINE, 17TH CENTURY
(one with repair to right rear leg, spheres replaced)--8¾in. (22cm.) high, 13in. (33cm.) long, mounted on rectangular black marble bases
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FLORENTINE, 17TH CENTURY
(one with repair to right rear leg, spheres replaced)--8¾in. (22cm.) high, 13in. (33cm.) long, mounted on rectangular black marble bases
(2)
Provenance
Piero Tozzi, New York, 1968