A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A FURIETTI CENTAURAfter the Antique, 20th centuryOn a marble base.height 20 1/2in (52cm); height overall 23in (58.5cm); width 14 1/4in (36cm); depth 7 1/2in (19cm)Provenance: The Furietti Centaurs were discovered in 1736 by Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti (1684-1764) during excavations of the domed hall at Hadrian's Villa. After the death of Furietti the following year they were purchased by Pope Clement for thirteen thousand scudi against strongpetition from the English and placed in the Capitoline.