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An early 19th century Italian Grand Tour carved white marble bust of Antinous after the antique image 1
An early 19th century Italian Grand Tour carved white marble bust of Antinous after the antique image 2
Lot 45TP

An early 19th century Italian Grand Tour carved white marble bust of Antinous
after the antique

Amended
Fine Decorative Arts, 1200-1900
18 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£7,000 - £10,000

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An early 19th century Italian Grand Tour carved white marble bust of Antinous

after the antique
his face downcast looking to dexter, on verdi antico waisted socle base, 59.5cm high

Footnotes

The Capitoline Antinous

The life size state of Capitoline Antinous from which the bust of the current lot is taken, was recorded in Cardinal Albani's collection in 1733 and is said to have been found at Hadrian's Villa. When Pope Clement XII purchased a large amount of marble figures from the Albani collection in 1733, the stateu went on to be displayed in the new Capitoline Museum. After the Treaty of Tolentino, which saw the removal of such pieces to Paris in 1798, it was eventually returned to Rome in early 1816.

The statue was copied in both marble and bronze in the late 18th and 19th century as well as being reproduced in plaster by the well known 19th century copyist of antique pieces, Brucciani.

Related Literature
F. Haskell & N. Penny, Taste and the Antique, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1981.

Saleroom notices

Please note this is a TP (large) lot and as thus will be moved to Cadogan Tate post sale for storage.

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