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A LARGE PLASTER FIGURE OF DIANA DE GABIES, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 19TH CENTURY
A LARGE PLASTER FIGURE OF DIANA DE GABIES, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, 19TH CENTURYEstimate $4,000 – $6,000
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modelled as the classically draped standing female figure with arms raised to her chest, on a circular bronze plinth
178CM HIGH, THE PLINTH 51CM HIGH, 40CM DIAMETER
PROVENANCE
Christie's South Kensington, May 4, 2005, lot 541
OTHER NOTES
The marble original of this model was excavated in 1792 on Prince Borghese’s property at Gabii near Rome by Gavin Hamilton. It was purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807 and was displayed in the Louvre Paris by 1820 where it remains today.
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