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La Zingarella
La Zingarella or "Gypsy Girl" is a tall statue of Diana commissioned by Scipione Borghese and executed by Nicolas Cordier. It was made with bronze, and white and gray marble. It is on display in Room X in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, Italy.
Description.
This statue is a hybrid of an ancient grey marble torso, and Cordier's white marble and gilded bronze. Recent restoration, which removed a thick black patina added to tone down the statue to suit 19th-century taste
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See also.
- Zinger
External links.
- La Zingarella