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Antinous
Sculptor: Unknown
Bronze, cast, with greenish patination; gilt-metal base. The nude figure stands with the weight of the body on the right foot, with his hands before him, his head turned to the right. He stands against a tree-trunk support.
History note: Henry Harris Collection; His Sale, Sotheby's, 24 October 1950, The Henry Harris Collection, Catalogue of the celebrated collection of Renaissance works of art and paintings, the property of Henry Harris (decd.), p. 13, part 1, lot 54; bought by A. Spero (£72 the whole of lot 54); purchased by Marmaduke Langdale Horn, Stoke Charity, near Winchester.
Marmaduke Langdale Horn Bequest
Height: 22.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1953) by Horn, Marmaduke Langdale
17th Century-18th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1800
CE
After the Hellenistic-Roman (2nd-century CE) life-size marble statue, known as the Farnese Antinous, formerly in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, taken to Naples by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies in 1817. Now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
Base
composed of
gilt-metal
Figure
composed of
bronze
Sculpture
Depth 8 cm
Height 22.9 cm
Width 9 cm
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast, with green patination
Patinating
Accession number: M.7-1953
Primary reference Number: 13944
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_7_1953
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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