A BRONZE GROUP OF A LION ATTACKING A HORSE

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF A LION ATTACKING A HORSE
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY
On a later rectangular black plastic veneered base
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high, 10 in. (25.3 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25.3 cm.) wide, 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) wide with base

Exhibited

Giambologna and his Followers: Sculpture from the Collections of Michael Hall, Miami-Dade College Museum of Art, Freedom Tower, 9 October 2009-20 February 2010.

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, eds., Giambologna: Sculptor to the Medici, exh. cat., London, 1978, no. 174.
W. Seipel, ed., Giambologna: Triumph des Körpers, exh. cat., Vienna, 2006, no. 39.

This model varies slightly from the model by Giambologna, more commonly copied, with the horses's head more violently arched back towards the lion. It is close to the Antique marble, now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, which, as Avery notes, Giambologna may have studied while staying in Rome with Susini (Avery, loc. cit.).

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