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AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP 'A RAPE OF A SABINE'
Lot 128 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP 'A RAPE OF A SABINE'

19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608)

Closed26 February 2008

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GBP 6,250

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP 'A RAPE OF A SABINE'
19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608)
42in. (106.7cm.) high

Specialist note

The modelling of the present group is Giambologna's first representation of The Rape of the Sabine which he conceived and sent to Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma in 1579. This then evolved into the monumental marble group, which incorporated a third figure, inaugurated in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, in 1583.