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Monday, July 23, 2012

CELLINI, "Narciso"

Speranza

-- marble -- 149 cm --.

The statue of "Narciso" appears as No. 303 in the 1571 inventory of Cellini's house ("Statua di marmo di un Narciso") along with a wax model (No. 326, "Narciso di cera").

Inherited by the Gran Principe Francesco de' Medici, the "Narciso" was installed by 1596 at PRATOLINO, whence it was moved, between 1789 and 1818, to the Boboli Gardens.

It is carved from Greek marble.

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