Unidentified Roman sculptor, Cast of Apollo Giustiniani

Cast of Apollo Giustiniani, ?late 18th century

After Unidentified Roman sculptor

RA Collection: Art

This cast was taken is a marble head which is now in the British Museum. The original bust is from a statue of Apollo which is a Roman work dated about 120-140 which itself was based on a lost Greek bronze original of the 5th Century BC.

The bust in the British Museum originally in the collection of the Giustiniani Palace in Rome.

Object details

Title

Cast of Apollo Giustiniani

After

After Unidentified Roman sculptor

From

Original in British Museum, London

Date

?late 18th century

Object type

Sculpture Cast

Medium

Plaster cast

Dimensions

670 mm x 310 mm x 450 mm, Weight: 34 kg

Collection

Royal Academy of Arts

Object number

03/1464

Keywords

sculpture Bust Looking Sideways Apollo Wavy Hair Ancient Greece Brown Portrait Three Quarter View

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