OF GRAND TOUR INTEREST: A PATINATED BRONZE OF DIANA DE GABII AFTER THE ANTIQUE
19th Century
Inscribed to the cast at the front of the plinth base ‘Diane de Gabies’, 76cm high
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£300 - £500
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Hammer price:
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£600 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance:
Sotheby’s London, 22 February 1999, lot 417.
The original marble is attributed to the Greek sculptor Praxiteles, and was excavated by Gavin Hamilton in 1792 from a property just outside Gabii in Rome, owned by Prince Borghese. The sculpture was subsequently sold to Napoleon and now in the Louvre. It was widely copied in the 19th Century.
