AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF DIANA, after the Antique,her head turned sharply to the right and crowned with a diadem, on turned white marble socle, on shaped green marble base with acanthus leaf decoration, late 19th Century

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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF DIANA, after the Antique,her head turned sharply to the right and crowned with a diadem, on turned white marble socle, on shaped green marble base with acanthus leaf decoration, late 19th Century
21in. (53.4cm.) high the bust
12in. (30.5cm.) high the base

Lot Essay

The present bust of the goddess Diana is a reduction of the full-length marble Antique figure known as Diane Chasseresse in the Louvre. The original depicts the goddess with a stag, and was one of the most celebrated Antique statues. It was widely reproduced in a variety of sizes and materials from the second half of the 18th century, though the best known copy in England dates from 1634 and was made for Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur, and is now at Windsor Castle.

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