Lot 93
 

AFTER MICHELANGELO: A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI the seated figure poised in thought and leaning on a moneybox and wearing ancient Roman dress, on a rectangular plinth, dark brown patination, 32cm high This portrait of the Duke of Urbino is derived from the tomb created by Michelangelo for the Sacristy of San Lorenzo and known as the Capitani.  This bronze is unmarked but the famous Parisian foundry Barbedienne did cast versions of this model.
Estimated at £300 - £500

 

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