Lot Essay
This is a reduction of a celebrated marble group known from contemporary sources since at least the 14th century, and now housed in the gardens of the Conservatori Museum, Rome.
Details
AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP OF A LION ATTACKING A HORSE, after the Antique, on rectangular green marble base, late 18th Century
8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) high
8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique, London, 1981, pp. 250-1
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique, London, 1981, pp. 250-1