AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

A NEAPOLITAN BRONZE MODEL OF NARCISSUS
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
On a seperately cast circular plinth
61.5 cm. high

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Lot Essay

The original Narcissus was discovered in August 1862 in a Pompeian house, now in the Museo Nazionale. It was the last antique statue to be discovered in Italy which enjoyed enormous fame. See also F. Haskell/N.Penny, Taste and the Antique, London, 1981, pl. 64.

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