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[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you know the name of this sculpture or the name of the artist?

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Looks like its "Nymph" by "Giovanni Battista Lombardi"

And yes ofcourse everyone is thirsting over the toes in every thread i have seen.

As far as i can tell it was last auctioned at Sotheby for £187500 = $245000

https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/comments/949y5q/nymph_detail_giovanni_battista_lombardi_marble/

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/19th-20th-century-sculpture-l17230/lot.58.html

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

To hell with your toes, I'm lusting over that water. That's fucking witchcraft, it is