Lot 271
Pair of Italian Bronze Models of the Furietti Centaurs, 19th century
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Provenance:
Property from the Private Collection of Stanley Wagman, Toronto
Note:
Reductions of the Hellenistic marbles excavated at Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli in 1736 were popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries due to their historic, decorative and allegorical appeal; the younger an expression of careless young love in contrast to the wisdom and responsibility of maturity.