AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A DECORATIVE PAIR OF PLASTER SCULPTURES...
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A DECORATIVE PAIR OF PLASTER SCULPTURES OF FURIETTI CENTAURS.
(largest h 89cm x d 31cm x w 55cm)
N.B. The present plaster sculptures are reductions of the monumental grey-black marble centaurs which were excavated together at Hadrian's Villa in December 1736. They owe their name to Monsignor Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti, in charge of the excavations at Tivoli
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AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A DECORATIVE PAIR OF PLASTER SCULPTURES OF FURIETTI CENTAURS.
(largest h 89cm x d 31cm x w 55cm)
N.B. The present plaster sculptures are reductions of the monumental grey-black marble centaurs which were excavated together at Hadrian's Villa in December 1736. They owe their name to Monsignor Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti, in charge of the excavations at Tivoli
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