A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF ARIADNE
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF ARIADNE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF ARIADNE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
On a black marble base with scrolled gilt bronze feet
15 in. (38 cm.) high; 21 in. (54 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Known as The Sleeping Ariadne, and also often identified as Cleopatra, this reclining figure is after the antique prototype dating from the late Hadrianic period (itself a copy of a 2nd century BC Greek prototype) housed in the Musei Vaticani, Rome.

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