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Kissing Love Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base Statue

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Kissing Love Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base Statue
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The sculpture, The Kiss, was originally titled Francesca da Rimini, as it depicts the 13thcentury Italian noblewoman immortalised in Dante's Inferno who falls in love with her husband Giovanni Malatesta's younger brother Paolo. Having fallen in love while reading the story of Lancelot and Guinevere, the couple are discovered and killed by Francesca's husband and sent to the 2nd circle of the hell for lust. The lovers' lips do not actually touch in the sculpture, suggesting that they were interrupted and met their demise without their lips ever having touched.When critics first saw the sculpture in 1887, they suggested the less specific title Le Baiser The Kiss. This masterful work of art was molded using the ageold methods of lostwax casting and stained with a Gold patina finish. It is mounted upon a black marble base. Bronze Dimensions with Marble Base: Height 7 X Width 4 inches. Weight: 5 LBS. Inventory: 49Y347C2864