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78 - AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A LEAD FIGURE OF THE CAPITOLINE ANTINOUSBY JOHN CHEERE, CIRCA 1760Set on a marble base, unsigned69cm high overall, base 24cm wide, 19cm deepA reduced copy of the original statue in marble which was found at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli. In 1733, it was one of a group of statues bought by Pope Clement XII from the collection of Cardinal Albani and displayed in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, A full size copy by John Cheere can be seen in the alcove at Saltram House, Plympton, Devon, England (NT 872424.4).
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A LEAD FIGURE OF THE CAPITOLINE ANTINOUSBY JOHN CHEERE, CIRCA 1760Set on a marble base, unsigned69cm high overall, base 24cm wide, 19cm deepA reduced copy of the original statue in marble which was found at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli. In 1733, it was one of a group of statues bought by Pope Clement XII from the collection of Cardinal Albani and displayed in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, A full size copy by John Cheere can be seen in the alcove at Saltram House, Plympton, Devon, England (NT 872424.4).