A Rare ‘Grand Tour’ Model of a Striding Lion with Inlaid Eyes
Attributed to Antonio Moglia (active: 1765 – 1783)
Porphyritic type stone
Rome, Italy
Late 18th Century / Early 19th Century
SIZE: 7.5cm high, 11cm wide, 5cm deep – 3 ins high, 4⅓ ins wide, 2 ins deep
Ex Private North Country collection
RELATED LITERATURE:
González-Palacios, Il seraglio di pietra. La sala degli animali in Vaticano, Rome, 2013
P. Liverani, G. Spinola, Vaticano, La Sala degli Animali nel Museo Pio-Clementino, Milan, 2003, p. 31, 117-118
G. Borghini, Marmi antichi, Rome, 1997, p. 216.
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Brussels
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Belgium (by appointment)
