TWO FRENCH BRONZE MODELS OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN AND CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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TWO FRENCH BRONZE MODELS OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN AND CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each on a mahogany pedestal, restorations; together with a bronze model of the Fontana del Tritone after Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), late 19th century
The tallest: 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

The bronze reduction of the Fontana del Tritone depicts one of Gianlorenzo Bernini's most famous fountains, executed in travertine marble at the instigation of Pope Urban VIII between 1642 and 1644 and still in situ in the Piazza Barberini.

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