Apollino (after the Antique)
Italian School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Marble
Measurements
1790 x 630 x 450 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down (Accredited Museum)
NT 1542338
Summary
White marble sculpture on an integral plinth, Apollino (after the Antique), Italian School, early 18th century. The original was recorded as in the Villa Medici in Rome in 1704 by Maffei and is probably identical with the Medici Apollo (often regarded as an adaptation of a staue by Praxiteles) recorded in December 1684 as amongst those statues of which the French Academy in Rome had casts made. It was taken to Florence in 1769-70 and placed in the Tribuna in 1771. It was removed to Palermo in 1800, to escape the French and returned in 1803. A full-size copy was in Thomas Hope's collection in Deepdene, Surrey. This version has drapery around the lower body.
Provenance
On loan from the Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Credit line
Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Makers and roles
Italian School, sculptor
References
Haskell and Penny 1981: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500 - 1900, New Haven and London, 1981, 7