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Cast of a Roman marble relief in the Villa Albani depicting Leto and her children Apollo and Artemis sacrificing with a winged Victory, or Nike, in front of the Temple of Apollo at Delphos
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Cast of a Roman marble relief in the Villa Albani depicting Leto and her children Apollo and Artemis sacrificing with a winged Victory, or Nike, in front of the Temple of Apollo at Delphos
Plaster cast
Museum number: M37
On display: Museum Corridor - outside the Picture Room
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Curatorial note
The original Roman relief of which this is a cast dates from the first century BC (Rome, Villa Albani inv. 1014): its provenance is unknown. For other, partial, casts of the same relief see Soane Museum M791 and M825.
This cast is shown in a watercolour capriccio of works in Soane's collection, c.1825, Vol. 82_86.
Casts of this celebrated relief are found in many European collections (see Zahle, p.178).
This cast is shown in a watercolour capriccio of works in Soane's collection, c.1825, Vol. 82_86.
Casts of this celebrated relief are found in many European collections (see Zahle, p.178).
Literature
Helbig: Führer durch die Öffentlichen Sammlungen Klassischer Altertümer in Rom (2nd edition) 39, no.822
Schreiber: Hellenistischen Reliefbilder, pl. XXXIVa
Jan Zahle, Thorvaldsen: Collector of Plaster Casts from Antiquity and the Early Modern Period, 2020, Vol. II, p.177-178, Thorwaldsen inventory no. L257 and Vol. III, p.228 (illustration of Thorwaldsen example).
Schreiber: Hellenistischen Reliefbilder, pl. XXXIVa
Jan Zahle, Thorvaldsen: Collector of Plaster Casts from Antiquity and the Early Modern Period, 2020, Vol. II, p.177-178, Thorwaldsen inventory no. L257 and Vol. III, p.228 (illustration of Thorwaldsen example).
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