THE COLLECTION OF ALEXANDER WESTERHOFF AND THOMAS LANG, SOLITUDE, MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, MASSACHUSETTS (LOTS 158-166)

A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE MODELS OF LIONS

ITALIAN OR BOHEMIAN, LATE 17TH FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE MODELS OF LIONS
ITALIAN OR BOHEMIAN, LATE 17TH FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
One with its right paw resting on an orb and the other holding an orb in both paws, weathered
31 in. (78.5 cm.) and 28½ in. (72 cm.) high, 33 in. (84 cm.) and 34½ in. (87.5 cm.) wide (2)

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While it is perfectly possible these lions are strictly Italian in both design and manufacture, they are reminiscent of many of the grand portals and interior architecture of Prague, and could have been carved by Italian sculptors working in Bohemia. This large community of Italian architects and craftsmen was almost entirely responsible for the construction of Baroque Prague -- still so evident to the modern visitor today.