Lot 82

Repair to arm and hand above head, dirt to some surfaces and crevices, small chips to plinth.


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Andre & Cecile Fink Antiquaries, Sydney, 2008

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…"