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AN ITALIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF MARCUS AURELIUS
Lot 241

AN ITALIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF MARCUS AURELIUS

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed24 November 2015

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GBP 1,250

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF MARCUS AURELIUS
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Set on an oval white marble plinth with carved shields and Latin inscriptions
bronze 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; plinth 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high

Specialist note

The first reliable reference to this statue was when Pope Clement III was described as 'causing a bronze horse to be made' in 1187, for the embellishment of the Lateran Palace. This almost definitely refers to the Marcus Aurelius which is recorded as being in front of the palace from this period onwards. The statue is unusual in that it survived from antiquity unburied.