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Lot 111
ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY STYLE
HEAD OF A LIONESS
Closed4 June 2019
Price Realised
GBP 40,000
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Specialist note
The present head was possibly inspired by works in the Sala degli Animali. These rooms were set up in the Vatican under Pius VI (1775-1799), who had ancient works restored and sometimes reworked, many under the direction of Francesco Antonio Franzoni, with the intention of creating a 'stone zoo'.