Bust of a woman, possibly Ippolita Maria Sforza, Works of Art, RA Collection

This cast was taken from a marble original of about 1473 attributed to the sculptor Francesco Laurana (c. 1430-c. 1502). Previously in the collection of the Berlin Staatliche Museum, the Laurana bust was damaged by a fire in the Friedrichshain flak tower, where it was stored for protection during the Second World War, along with thousands of other artworks. The head of the original marble remains in Berlin.Francesco Laurana was born in Vrana, Dalmatia in the republic of Venice (now Croatia) in about 1420. He was one of a group of Dalmatian artists who worked abroad at the foreign courts. Only rediscovered in the nineteenth-century, attempts to trace Laurana

Bust of a Woman, Laurana, Francesco

Bust of a Woman (maybe portrait of Ippolita Maria Sforza) Cast of

Plaster Renaissance Sculpture of Ippolita Maria Sforza by Francesco - Ruby Lane

Sold at Auction: 19th CENTURY SCULPTOR , 19th CENTURY SCULPTOR Female bust in neo-Renaissance style.

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Bust of Ippolita Maria Sforza

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Plaster Renaissance Sculpture of Ippolita Maria Sforza by Francesco - Ruby Lane

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