THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Post-ancient Sculpture | Bascapè Ruggero (dead 1600)
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lion attacking a horse.
Hellenistic period (323—30 BCE). In 1594 Ruggero Bascapè, learner of Michelangelo, added the horse’s head, legs, and tail, as well as the lion’s rear legs.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Marcus Aurelius Exedra.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Lion attacking a horse.
Hellenistic period (323—30 BCE). In 1594 Ruggero Bascapè, learner of Michelangelo, added the horse’s head, legs, and tail, as well as the lion’s rear legs.
Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Marcus Aurelius Exedra.