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A Pair of Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Medici Tomb Figures

A pair of late 19th century, continental, patinated bronze figures of Lorenzo & Giuliano Medici. Cast after the figures by Michelangelo from the tombs of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino and Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours, in the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy. Golden dark brown patination. Later marbleised plinths.

Height 8 1/4″ (21cm)

Width  3 1/2″ (9cm)

Depth 4 1/4″ (11cm)

Continental

Circa 1870