CIRCA 1820, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

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A SCULPTED WHITE MARBLE BUST OF THE APOLLO BELVEDERE
CIRCA 1820, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
On a waisted socle, damage to socle; Together with a white statuary marble pedestal, circa 1820
The bust -- 29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 71 in. (180.4 cm.) high overall (2)

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Lot Essay

The original Apollo Belvedere, now in the Belvedere Courtyard, Musei Vaticani, Rome, was most probably discovered at Anzio in the late Fifteenth Century. It is recorded in the Vatican by 1509 and in the Belvedere by 1511, where it remained until ceded by Pope Pius VI to the French under the terms of the Treaty of Tolentino in February 1797. After being displayed in Paris at the Musée Central des Arts, it was returned to the Belvedere courtyard in 1816.

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