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17449

A Fine Gilt Bronze and Onyx Inkwell Surmounted by Michelangelo’s Lorenzo de Medici

A Fine Gilt Bronze and Onyx Inkwell Surmounted by Michelangelo’s Lorenzo de Medici

Dimensions: H: 12 in / 30.5 cm  |  W: 20 in / 51 cm  |  D: 8.5 in / 21.5 cm

PRICE: £5,500

17449

A Fine Gilt Bronze and Onyx Inkwell
Surmounted by Michelangelo’s Lorenzo de Medici

Constructed from a dished piece of onyx, raised on ormolu stepped feet with carrying handles to the sides, having two lidded inkwells flanking a central figure of the seated Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino, as sculpted by Michelangelo and known as “Il Pensieroso.”
French, circa 1860
 

REF No. 10235

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