Niobe In Plaster After The Antique, Second Half Of The 19th Century

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Object description :

"Niobe In Plaster After The Antique, Second Half Of The 19th Century "

Niobe bust in plaster after the antique, second half of the 19th century
Height 66 cm
Traces of wear, slight chips

Mould with good cavities and parts (traces of stitching)
This is a cast of the head of Niobe from the Niobe Group, also known as Niobe and his youngest daughter.
A Roman copy of a Greek original from the Hellenistic period (3rd-2nd century BC), kept in Florence at the Uffizi Palace (inv. 294). Group found in Rome in 1583

Related works :
- Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Ag.636)
- Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (CG.C.254)
- Musée Ingres Bourdelle (MI.2006.0.4.15)
- Thorvaldsen Museum (THM L 130)
- Piasa sale 17/05/2023, lot 222

Price: 1 800 €