Meleager, 1735, Italian, Venice, Marble, Overall (wt. confirmed): 56 1/4 in., 493lb. ( cm, ), Sculpture

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Meleager, 1735, Italian, Venice, Marble, Overall (wt. confirmed): 56 1/4 in., 493lb. ( cm, ), Sculpture, Antonio Gai (Italian, Venice 1686–1769 Venice), The Venetian Antonio Gai had an international clientele. According to a contemporary chronicle, statues by Gai of the mythological lovers Atalanta and Meleager, as well as a number of busts, were shipped to England by Joseph Smith, the noted collector and British consul in Venice

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