Lost wax bronze replica.
The original marble masterpiece is exhibited at the Uffizzi Gallery, Florence.
This beautiful vase was part of the immense art collection of the Medici family, which ruled unquestionably over Florence for 300 years. The beautiful bronze vase, called Vaso Medici, was part of a splendid collection in the Roman Medici Villa on the Colle del Pincio.
In 1737, when the Medici dynasty was replaced by the power of the Lorraine Lordship, the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo decided to bring together in Florence the masterpieces of the Medici collections around Italy, including the Medici Vase.
The bas-relief decoration present on the entire surface of the vase depicts the episode of the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, taken from Homer's Iliad, in which the young daughter of Agamemnon is sacrificed by her father in the hope of the success of the mission for the conquest of Troy.

Material

Bronze

Size

H.86 cm x L.62 cm x p.62 cm

Weight

70 kg

CODE

BRG0022

classic vase Medici Vase Medici Florence renaissance roman greek rhino garden Uffizi