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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 Gallery and the Louvre Museum. These models were copied in the same material in the 17th century to be placed as a pair on the staircase of the North Parterre in the park of the Palace of Versailles. These two copies are now housed at the Louvre Museum [Inv. Nos. MR 1853 and MR 1826].
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