BASED ON ANTIQUITY

BASED ON ANTIQUITY The Knife Grinder and Crouching Venus. A pair of bronze figures with a brown patina. Height: 9 cm. Set on rectangular bases of Sienese yellow marble; the bronze bases are decorated with friezes of water leaves. Italy, 19th century, a work known as a “Grand Tour” piece. Height: 7 cm - Width: 10 cm - Depth: 5.3 cm. (Wear on the patinas; a few chips in the marble.) Description: Bronze reductions based on two ancient marble originals, housed respectively at the Uffizi Galle

Category

Sculptures

Location

Neuilly-sur-Seine

Dimensions

H 9 × W 10 × D 5.3 cm