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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Robski, post: 5010830, member: 7369&quot;]Thanks for the information.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>It is a copy of the original 1473 marble sculpture by Francesco Laurana.&nbsp; This plaster copy below is in the Royal Academy collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]414071[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="6"> </font></p><p><font size="6"><b>[ATTACH=full]414072[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Bust of a woman, possibly Ippolita Maria Sforza, ca. 1473 </b></font></p><p>After Francesco Laurana (ca. 1430 - 1502)</p><p><br /></p><p>RA Collection: Art</p><p><br /></p><p>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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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