LOT 313 A LARGE PAIR OF CARVED STONE 'MEDICI LIONS', IN THE 'GRAND T...
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A LARGE PAIR OF CARVED STONE 'MEDICI LIONS' IN THE 'GRAND TOUR' MANNER, 20TH CENTURYSwept plinth bases and further modern white cream wood pedestals the lions 97cm wide, 92cm high including plinth bases, 193.5cm high overall Provenance:Barnwell Manor, NorthamptonshireWindsor House Antiques.The original ancient marble lion on which these are based was first recorded by Flaminio Vacca in 1594, by which time it had been acquired by Grand Duke Ferdinand for the Villa Medici in Rome. Vacca carved a companion lion out of a giant marble capital found behind the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the original and companion pair were then placed in the loggia of the Villa Medici before being moved in 1797 to the entrance of the loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.
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