ONE of the happy characteristics of traditional works of art and sculpture auctions is that surprises still occur and discoveries can be made. There were several instances in sessions at Sotheby’s during London Art Week at the turn of the month.
is one of the most famous sculptures in the Tribuna gallery of the Uffizi in Florence, Italy. In essence, it is a 3rd-century Roman marble copy of a much older Greek bronze original. The head and arms are replacements, probably 16th century, by which time the life-size statue had entered the Medici collections, and were once believed to have been carried
