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An Italian white marble statue…
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Sydney
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5-Mar-2024
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An Italian white marble statue of the Medici Apollo (Apollino), 19th century, after the antique, the naked deity with his right arm behind his head, standing by a stump from which is slung his quiver and arrows, on integral oval marble base. Height 150 cm. Provenance: Andre & Cecile Fink Antiquaries, Sydney, 2008, other notes: the Medici Apollo, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original is now in the Uffizi in Florence, but was found complete in Rome in the 17th century and originally part of the Borghese collection, then moved to the Medici collection in the Villa Medici. Held in high regard through the 18th century it was one of the most copied Roman statues. The poet Shelley said of it 'it is difficult to conceive anything more delicately beautiful?'
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Sculpture/Statuary: Figures/Groups