Details
'APOLLO', A WHITE MARBLE FIGURE
BY JEAN-ANTOINE ('JOHN') DE VAERE, FLEMISH SCHOOL, 1800
The draped figure standing in contrapposto, leaning on his lyre signed 'DE-VAERE SCULPT. 1800' (head missing, minor chips, repairs) ----- 48in. (122cm.) high
BY JEAN-ANTOINE ('JOHN') DE VAERE, FLEMISH SCHOOL, 1800
The draped figure standing in contrapposto, leaning on his lyre signed 'DE-VAERE SCULPT. 1800' (head missing, minor chips, repairs) ----- 48in. (122cm.) high
Literature
R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, London, revised edition, p. 128
G.B. Waywell, The Lever and Hope Sculptures, Berlin, 1986, pp. 47, 59
D. Irwin, John Flaxman 1755-1826, London, 1979, pp. 27-28, fig. 69 J.T. Smith, Nollekens and His Times, ed. br W. Whitten, London/New York, 1920, vol. II, p. 355
A. Graves, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1905, vol. II, p. 314
G.B. Waywell, The Lever and Hope Sculptures, Berlin, 1986, pp. 47, 59
D. Irwin, John Flaxman 1755-1826, London, 1979, pp. 27-28, fig. 69 J.T. Smith, Nollekens and His Times, ed. br W. Whitten, London/New York, 1920, vol. II, p. 355
A. Graves, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1905, vol. II, p. 314
Exhibited
Royal Academy, London, 1800, cat. no. 1006