Live Auction 7855Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
A BRONZE MODEL OF THE MARZOCCO LION
Lot 349

A BRONZE MODEL OF THE MARZOCCO LION

AFTER DONATELLO, 19TH CENTURY

Closed30 October 2012

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GBP 1,375

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A BRONZE MODEL OF THE MARZOCCO LION
AFTER DONATELLO, 19TH CENTURY
8 in. (20 cm.) high

Specialist note

The Marzocco is the heraldic lion, best known in the rendition sculpted by Donatello in 1418-20, that is a symbol of Florence. The Donatello Marzocco was moved to its present location in Piazza della Signoria in 1812.