Live Auction 8011The Gothick Pavilion - A Private Collection from Belgravia
AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE MODEL OF THE MEDICI LION
Lot 237

AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE MODEL OF THE MEDICI LION

19TH CENTURY, AFTER FLAMINIO VACCA

Closed26 January 2011

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GBP 2,750

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AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE MODEL OF THE MEDICI LION
19TH CENTURY, AFTER FLAMINIO VACCA
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high; 13¼ in. (34 cm.) long; 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) deep

The late Sir Philip Shelburne, Myles Place, Salisbury, Wiltshire, sold Christie's house sale, 25-26 October 1993, lot 216.

Specialist note

The huge original model of this lion was carved by Flaminio Vacca in the 16th Century, as a pendant for the Antique (which is modelled with its proper right paw on the ball rather than left), and the pair once stood in the garden of the Villa Medici. They are now on the steps of the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.