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Patinated bronze female figure of Athena, helmeted, bare-chested, with scrolled arms; sheath decorated with a scowling mascaron and a shell on the reverse, linked by drapery. Northern Italy, Venice, second half of the 16th century H. 17.5 cm On a square bronze base Works consulted : - H. Weihrauch sous la dir. de, Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in anderen Metallen, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München, Munich, 1956, n°130, p. 106 - M. G. d'Apuzzo, La Collezione dei Bronzi del Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna, Florence, 2017, n°38, p. 147
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Patinated bronze female figure of Athena, helmeted, bare-chested, with scrolled arms; sheath decorated with a scowling mascaron and a shell on the reverse, linked by drapery. Northern Italy, Venice, second half of the 16th century H. 17.5 cm On a square bronze base Works consulted : - H. Weihrauch sous la dir. de, Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in anderen Metallen, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München, Munich, 1956, n°130, p. 106 - M. G. d'Apuzzo, La Collezione dei Bronzi del Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna, Florence, 2017, n°38, p. 147
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