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Lot Essay
La sculpture Apollino se trouvait probablement à la villa Médicis à Rome en 1704. Comme de nombreuses sculptures acquises par les Médicis, la statue fut transférée à Florence vers 1769 avec le Groupe de Niobé et fut placée en 1770 dans la Tribune des Offices. Elle fut ensuite déplacée en 1800 à Palerme afin d'échapper aux troupes françaises avant de revenir à Florence en 1803. De nombreuses copies en marbre et en bronze furent réalisées souvent par paires avec la Vénus Médicis.
The antique original of the Apollino on which the present marble is based, is recorded with certainty in the Villa Medici, Rome, in 1704. As with a large number of antiquities acquired by the Medici in Rome, this marble was later transferred to Florence in circa 1769 and by 1770 was placed in the Tribuna at the Uffizi. Like the Wrestlers the marble was moved to Palermo in 1800 to escape being looted by the occupying French. It was restored to Florence in 1803. Many copies were realised, going hand in hand with the Venus de Medici.
The antique original of the Apollino on which the present marble is based, is recorded with certainty in the Villa Medici, Rome, in 1704. As with a large number of antiquities acquired by the Medici in Rome, this marble was later transferred to Florence in circa 1769 and by 1770 was placed in the Tribuna at the Uffizi. Like the Wrestlers the marble was moved to Palermo in 1800 to escape being looted by the occupying French. It was restored to Florence in 1803. Many copies were realised, going hand in hand with the Venus de Medici.