Live Auction 7540A House on the Wiltshire Downs
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF DIANA DE GABIES
Lot 107

A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF DIANA DE GABIES

CIRCA 1900, CAST BY BARBEDIENNE

Closed6 March 2008

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GBP 3,250

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF DIANA DE GABIES
CIRCA 1900, CAST BY BARBEDIENNE
Standing on a rectangular base inscribed F.BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, and with Achille Collas reduction seal
33½ in. (85 cm.) high

Specialist note

The marble original of this model was excavated in 1792 on Prince Borghese's property at Gabii, outside Rome, by Gavin Hamilton. It was purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, and was displayed in the Louvre, Paris, where it remains today.