Diane de Gabies

Details

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 19TH CENTURY
Diane de Gabies
Stamped on the rectangular base REDUCTION MECANIQUE/COLLAS PREVENTE, on a Verde Antico marble socle.
Brown patinated bronze
68,5 cm. high overall

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Lot Essay

The present bronze is cast after a Roman marble statue, which was excavated in 1792 on Prince Borghese's property, at Gabii outside Rome, by Gavin Hamilton. It was purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, and was displayed in the Louvre by 1820, where it remains today.

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