Lost treasure from Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Collection discovered in Suffolk and set for auction
Lost treasure from Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Collection discovered in Suffolk and set for auction The soon-to-be-auctioned work is one of only three known examples of the model, with the other two currently held by The Louvre and the Fitzwilliam Museum. CAMBRIDGE .- A sculpture of an ostrich from the workshop of celebrated Renaissance sculptor, Giambologna, will go under the hammer at Cheffins Fine Sale in Cambridge on 21st April. Having been held in a private collection for over 180 years, and originally purchased from the Horace Walpole collection at Strawberry Hill House, the sculp...