Gazette Drouot logo print
Lot n° 95

Pair of Lions said Medici in veined white marble...

Estimate :
Subscribers only

Pair of Lions said Medici in veined white marble representing a lion in march holding under its paw a sphere on base posing on wooden saddles painted in imitation of marble. The sphere referring to the arms of the Medi-cis. After the model of Flamonio Vacca (1538-1605) for the entrance of the Medici palace in Rome and moved in 1789 to be exposed in the Loggia dei Lanzi near the Piazza della signoria in Florence. Height : 135 cm - Width : 30 cm - Depth : 58 cm (small wear and visible cracks)