AFTER THE ANTIQUE: A LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN BRONZE MODEL OF THE MEDICI LION  TOGETHER WITH FIVE OTHER LIONS the Medici bronze lion with his paw resting on a sphere, reddish brown patination, together with a small early 19th century bronze of the same form, a 19th century carved stone lion after Canova (weathered), a late 18th / early 19th century carved limewood reclining lion with traces of gilding, a 20th century plaster model of a lion and a Royal Rudolstadt porcelain model of a reclining lion, The bronze lion 21cm high x 33cm wide (6) The ancient Medici lion once stood in the garden of the Villa Medici and can now be seen on the steps of the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. Flaminio Vacca restored the antique marble lion in the 16th century and produced a pendant lion to create a pair.