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Testa di Gorgone Asciano
Current location: Museo Civico Archeologico e d'Arte Sacra Palazzo Corboli
Original location: Torre civica della Mencia
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
The sculpture was removed and replaced with a copy from the ancient source of Mencia of Asciano, to allow the restoration and museum.
The work was probably carried out in other contexts and testify reflections of classical culture, reinterpreted whimsical, that spreads to Siena in the first half of the sixteenth century.
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Testa di Gorgone