It is certainly one of the great early Renaissance bronzes in America.

No doubt its dramatic cleaning will spark plenty of scholarly debate about the restoration and patination of Italian Renaissance bronzes.

According to Edward R. Lubin, a Manhattan dealer, Renaissance bronzes have shown the most marked increase.

Furnishings included ornaments of old English silver, inlaid chests, Renaissance bronzes, and carved wooden chairs and tables.

Daniel Katz, a London dealer in Renaissance bronzes, bought the St. George.

In 1965 she returned to the Frick, working in all areas of the collection and developing a strong interest in small Renaissance bronzes and in drawings.

The scale for a Renaissance bronze is monumental.

Mr. Lubin compared the figure to other Renaissance bronzes auctioned for exceptionally high prices in the last several years.

Value Surged in Mid-80's Until 1975, the finest Renaissance bronzes auctioned brought, at most, five figures.

Until almost the mid-1980's, she added, $150,000 was a lot of money to pay at auction for a Renaissance bronze.