Rare Model of Apollo Belvedere with Plinth Early 20th Century

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Rare Model of Apollo Belvedere with Plinth Early 20th CenturyA rare model of The Apollo Belvedere, the celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity. Mid 20th Century in composition stone, on associated composition stone plinth. Apollo is now thought to be an original Roman re creation of Hadrianic date (ca. 120140). Possibly a second century marble copy of a bronze original by the Greek sculptor Leochares, the statue was immediately appreciated as a masterpiece and showered with praise, widely

Their potters slips and glazes so natural like the shifting sands

that surprise feeling and recognition that you noticed the small things in life is a true gift

and Winter shivers with the end of a cloth wrapped around him to keep him warm

consisting of numerous decorative scrolls standing upon four feet surrounding a drip plate

raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in antique frame

Wear and patina appropriate with age

producing looking-glasses and flint glass or teaching others how to make them

notably a government commission for General Andrew Hay's memorial in St

These larger than average figures make wonderful stand-alone decorative pieces or would fit into a larger religious collection

A style we can still relate to over a century later

Depicting “The Denial of Peter”

this commode seamlessly blends historical sophistication with practical function