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A PLASTER MODEL OF PERSEUS BEHEADING MEDUSA
Lot 253

A PLASTER MODEL OF PERSEUS BEHEADING MEDUSA

AFTER BENVENUTO CELLINI (1500-1571), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 1,250

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A PLASTER MODEL OF PERSEUS BEHEADING MEDUSA
AFTER BENVENUTO CELLINI (1500-1571), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The plinth with four niches, inscribed to the front 'PERSEUS BY CELLINI
39 in. (99 cm.) high

The Collections of The Lords Coleridge and by descent at The Chanter's House, Devon until sold Sotheby's, The Chanter's House Sale, 24 October 2006, lot 64.

Specialist note

Cellini's original bronze stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence. Executed as a commission for Cosimo I dei Medici circa 1550 it is considered one of the great masterpieces of Italian Mannerist art.